When languages die : the extinction of the world's languages and the erosion of human knowledge /

In When Languages Die, K. David Harrison illustrates the individual face of language loss, as well as its global scale. Languages are the accretion of thousands of years of a peopleʼs science and art - from observations of ecological patterns to creation myths. The author shows that the disappearanc...

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Main Author:	Harrison, K. David
Corporate Author:	NetLibrary, Inc
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
Subjects:	Language obsolescence. Uitstervende talen. Kennisoverdracht. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book