Language Endangerment and Language Maintenance: An Active Approach

by Maya Bradley

Book Overview

Language endangerment is a fundamental issue for humanity. What rights do minority communities have concerning their languages? How does each language conceptualize the world differently? How much knowledge about the world and a local ecosystem is lost when a language disappears? What is the process involved and how can insights about this process contribute to linguistic theory? What typological insights will be lost if undescribed languages disappear...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138878340
• ISBN13: 9781138878341
• Release Date: April 2015
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"