Vanishing Voices The Extinction of the World's Languages

Name: Vanishing Voices The Extinction of the World's Languages
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ISBN: 9780195152463

ISBN-10: 0195152468

ISBN-13: 9780195152463

Edition: 2002

Authors: Daniel Nettle, Suzanne Romaine

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Few people know that nearly one hundred native languages once spoken in what is now California are near extinction, or that most of Australia's 250 aboriginal languages have vanished. In fact, at least half of the world's languages may die out in the next century. Daniel Nettle and Suzanne Romaine assert that this trend is far more than simply disturbing. Making explicit the link between language survival and environmental issues, they argue that the extinction of languages is part of the larger picture of near-total collapse of the worldwide ecosystem. Indeed, the authors contend that the struggle to preserve precious environmental resources-such as the rainforest-cannot be separated from…

Book details

List price: $21.99
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 5/16/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.21" long x 0.71" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Preface



Where Have All the Languages Gone?



a World of Diversity



Lost Words/Lost Worlds



the Ecology of Language



the Biological Wave



the Economic Wave



Why Something Should Be Done



Sustainable Futures


References and Further Reading


Bibliography


Index