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Words of wonder : endangered languages and what they tell us / Nicholas Evans.
Van Pelt Library P40.5.E53 E93 2022
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Evans, Nicholas, 1956- author.
- Series:
- Language library
- The language library
- Standardized Title:
- Dying words
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Endangered languages.
- Physical Description:
- xix, 297 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm.
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2022.
- Summary:
- In the new, thoroughly revised second edition of Words of Wonder: Endangered Languages and What They Tell Us (formerly called Dying Words: Endangered Languages and What They Have to Tell Us), renowned scholar Nicholas Evans addresses the impact of mass language endangerment on the world's "Library of Babel." He explores issues surrounding the preservation of indigenous languages including the most effective ways to respond to the challenges of recording and documenting fragile oral traditions while they're still with us. --
- This latest edition includes an entirely new chapter on new developments in language revitalisation such as the impact of technology on language archiving, the use of social media, and autodocumentation by speakers. It also includes new sections on how recent innovations in language documentation give us a fuller picture of human linguistic diversity. Seeking to answer the question of why widespread linguistic diversity exists in the first place, the book weaves in portraits of individual "last speakers" and anecdotes about linguists and their discoveries. Readers will also have access to a companion website with sound files and embedded video clips of various languages mentioned in the text. --Book Jacket.
- Notes:
- Revised edition of: Dying words. 2010.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Evans, Nicholas, 1956- Dying words Words of wonder
- ISBN:
- 9781119758754
- 1119758750
- OCLC:
- 1333930937
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