• Media type: E-Book
  • Title: When languages die : the extinction of the world's languages and the erosion of human knowledge
  • Contributor: Harrison, K. David [Author]
  • imprint: Oxford: Oxford University Press, [2007]
  • Extent: 1 Online-Ressource (x, 292 p); Ill., graph. Darst., Kt
  • Language: English
  • DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195181920.001.0001
  • ISBN: 0199870624; 9780199870622
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  • RVK notation: ES 425 : Sprachentwicklung, Sprachwandel, Sprachstufen, Absterben von Sprachen
  • Keywords: Sprachtod
    Bedrohte Sprache > Obsoleszenz > Verlust > Kultur > Wissen
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  • Footnote: Includes bibliographical references and index
  • Description: It is commonly agreed by linguists and anthropologists that the majority of languages spoken now around the globe will likely disappear within our lifetime. This text focuses on the question: what is lost when a language dies?