Investigating Obsolescence: Studies in Language Contraction and Death

Book Overview

Languages die for political, economic and cultural reasons, and can disappear remarkably quickly. Between ten and fifty per cent of all languages currently spoken can be considered endangered, but it... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521437571
• ISBN13: 9780521437578
• Release Date: September 1992
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 460 Pages
• Weight: 1.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.2"