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Endangered languages / edited by Robert H. Robins and Eugenius M. Uhlenbeck.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Diogenes libraryPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Berg ; New York : Distributed exclusively in the US and Canada by St. Martin's Press, 1991.Description: xiv, 273 pages 22 cmISBN:
  • 0854963138
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • P40.5 END
Contents:
Language death and disappearance, causes and circumstances, S.A.Wurm; language death in Africa, M.Brenzinger, et al; the endangered languages problem - South America, F.H.Adelaar; endangered languages in Mexico, B.Garza-Cuaron and Y.Lastra; the condition of native American languages in the United States, J.H.Jill and O.Zepeda; the decline of native languages in Canada, M.Dale Kinkade; an appraisal of Indian languages and their vitality rating, B.P.Mahapatra; endangered languages of mainlang Southeast Asia, J.A.Matisoff; Australia, Indonesia and Oceania, R.M.W.Dixon; the problem of endangered languages in the U.S.S.R., A.E.Kibrik.
Summary: The articles in this volume show that the extinction of languages is a world-wide phenomenon. They also represent a step towards recording the grammar, lexicon and oral literature of languages which are on the verge of extinction.
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Book Book Zvishavane Library Open Shelf P40.5 END (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 155015 Available BK142038

"Published with the authority of the Permanent International Committee of Linguistics (CIPL)."

Includes bibliographical references.

Language death and disappearance, causes and circumstances, S.A.Wurm; language death in Africa, M.Brenzinger, et al; the endangered languages problem - South America, F.H.Adelaar; endangered languages in Mexico, B.Garza-Cuaron and Y.Lastra; the condition of native American languages in the United States, J.H.Jill and O.Zepeda; the decline of native languages in Canada, M.Dale Kinkade; an appraisal of Indian languages and their vitality rating, B.P.Mahapatra; endangered languages of mainlang Southeast Asia, J.A.Matisoff; Australia, Indonesia and Oceania, R.M.W.Dixon; the problem of endangered languages in the U.S.S.R., A.E.Kibrik.

The articles in this volume show that the extinction of languages is a world-wide phenomenon. They also represent a step towards recording the grammar, lexicon and oral literature of languages which are on the verge of extinction.

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