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Evans, Nicholas

 
9780631233060: Dying Words: Endangered Languages and What They Have to Tell Us
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ISBN 10 : 0631233067 ISBN 13 : 9780631233060
Editeur : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009

Synopsis

The next century will see more than half of the world's 6,000 languages become extinct, and most of these will disappear without being adequately recorded. Written by one of the leading figures in language documentation, this fascinating book explores what humanity stands to lose as a result.

  • Explores the unique philosophy, knowledge, and cultural assumptions of languages, and their impact on our collective intellectual heritage
  • Questions why such linguistic diversity exists in the first place, and how can we can best respond to the challenge of recording and documenting these fragile oral traditions while they are still with us
  • Written by one of the leading figures in language documentation, and draws on a wealth of vivid examples from his own field experience
  • Brings conceptual issues vividly to life by weaving in portraits of individual 'last speakers' and anecdotes about linguists and their discoveries

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À propos de l'auteur

Nicholas Evans is Professor of Linguistics at the Australian National University and a fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities. He is on the editorial boards of the journals Linguistic Typology and Australian Journal of Linguistics, and on the Scientific Advisory Board of the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics in Nijmegen. He is the author of a number of books, including Bininj Gun-wok (2 volumes, 2001), Archaeology and Linguistics: Aboriginal Australia in Global Perspective (co-edited with Patrick McConvell, 1998), and A Grammar of Kayardild (1992).

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Éditeur
Wiley-Blackwell
Date d'édition
2009
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0631233067
ISBN 13 
9780631233060
Reliure
Broché
Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
320
Coordonnées du fabricant
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