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When Languages Die: The Extinction of the World's Languages and the Erosion of Human Knowledge - Softcover

Harrison, K David

 
9780195372069: When Languages Die: The Extinction of the World's Languages and the Erosion of Human Knowledge

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This is the first book to examine the question of "knowledge death"--the true impact of language death

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K David Harrison is Assistant Professor of Linguistics, Swarthmore College. As a linguist and specialist in Siberian Turkic languages, he has spent many months in Siberia and Mongolia working with nomadic herders and studying their languages and traditions. He has also worked in India, Bolivia, the Philippines, Lithuania, and the United States. His work on endangered languages is featured in the documentary film The Linguists and was featured on the Comedy Central series The Colbert Report.

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9780195181920: When Languages Die: The Extinction of the World's Languages and the Erosion of Human Knowledge (Oxford Studies in Sociolinguistics)

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ISBN 10:  0195181921 ISBN 13:  9780195181920
Verlag: Oxford University Press, 2007
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