Towards an Ecology of World Languages

By Louis-Jean Calvet

Book Overview

In this essential new book Louis-Jean Calvet argues that what we call 'languages' are in fact abstractions invented by linguists as a convenient tool to label the subject-matter of their science. Calvet contends that languages are "alive" and therefore can and should only be approached ecologically.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0745629563
• ISBN13: 9780745629568
• Release Date: June 2006
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.1" x 9.1"