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Can Threatened Languages be Saved?
Language: en
Pages: 524
Authors: Joshua A. Fishman
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2001-01-01 - Publisher: Multilingual Matters

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Defenders of threatened languages all over the world, from advocates of biodiversity to dedicated defenders of their own cultural authenticity, are often humble
Reversing Language Shift
Language: en
Pages: 452
Authors: Joshua A. Fishman
Categories: Psychology
Type: BOOK - Published: 1991-01-01 - Publisher: Multilingual Matters

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This book is about the theory and practice of assistance to speech-communities whose native languages are threatened because their intergenerational continuity
The Last Speakers
Language: en
Pages: 316
Authors: K. David Harrison
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-09-21 - Publisher: National Geographic Books

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Part travelogue and part scientist's notebook, The Last Speakers is the poignant chronicle of author K. David Harrison's expeditions around the world to meet wi
Language Maintenance and Shift
Language: en
Pages: 221
Authors: Anne Pauwels
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-08-18 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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A comprehensive discussion of the key aspects of this important sub-field of language contact and multilingualism studies.
The Cambridge Handbook of Endangered Languages
Language: en
Pages: 581
Authors: Peter K. Austin
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-03-24 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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It is generally agreed that about 7,000 languages are spoken across the world today and at least half may no longer be spoken by the end of this century. This s