When languages die : the extinction of the world's languages and the erosion of human knowledge / K. David Harrison.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harrison, K. David.

Series:

Oxford Studies in Sociolinguistics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language obsolescence.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (305 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

1. A World of Many (Fewer) Voices 2. An Extinction of (ideas about) Species 3. Many Moons Ago: Traditional Calendars and Time-Reckoning Case Study: Urban Nomads of Mongolia 4. An Atlas in the Mind Case Study: Wheel of Fortune, and a Blessing 5. Silent Storytellers, Lost Legends Case Study: New Rice vs. Old Knowledge 6. Counting to Twenty on your Toes Case Study: The Leaf-Cup People, India's Modern Primitives 7. Worlds within Words Bibliography Index

Contents:

Contents; 1 A World of Many (Fewer) Voices; 2 An Extinction of (Ideas about) Species; CASE STUDY: Vanishing Herds and Reindeer Words; 3 Many Moons Ago: Traditional Calendars and Time-Reckoning; CASE STUDY: Nomads of Western Mongolia; 4 An Atlas in the Mind; CASE STUDY: Wheel of Fortune and a Blessing; 5 Silent Storytellers, Lost Legends; CASE STUDY: New Rice versus Old Knowledge; 6 Endangered Number Systems: Counting to Twenty on Your Toes; CASE STUDY: The Leaf-Cup People, India's Modern 'Primitives'; 7 Worlds within Words; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N

OP; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-283) and index.

Description based on print version record.

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ISBN:

0-19-804017-2

9786611162511

1-281-16251-5

1-4294-8699-6

OCLC:

476246794