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1 online resource (x, 241 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
Description |
text file |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-224) and index. |
Contents |
List of Illustrations; Preface; one: Where Have All the Languages Gone?; two: A World of Diversity; three: Lost Words/Lost Worlds; four: The Ecology of Language; five: The Biological Wave; six: The Economic Wave; seven: Why Something Should Be Done; eight: Sustainable Futures; References and Further Reading; Bibliography; Index. |
Summary |
Suggests links between disappearing linguistic diversity and environmental issues. The authors argue that it is part of the larger picture of the world's collapsing ecosystem, and that the causes of language death, like those of ecological destruction, lie at the crossroad of ecology and politics. |
Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Language obsolescence.
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Language obsolescence. |
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Language maintenance.
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Language maintenance. |
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Human ecology.
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Human ecology. |
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Areal linguistics.
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Areal linguistics. |
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Linguistic demography.
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Linguistic demography. |
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Language and languages.
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Language and languages. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Added Author |
Romaine, Suzanne, 1951-
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Other Form: |
Print version: Nettle, Daniel. Vanishing voices. New York : Oxford University Press, ©2000 0195136241 0195152468 (DLC) 99016979 (OCoLC)41580409 |
ISBN |
9780198031185 (electronic book) |
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0198031181 (electronic book) |
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1423761189 (electronic book) |
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9781423761181 (electronic book) |
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1602569142 |
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9781602569140 |
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9780195136241 |
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0195136241 |
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128047355X |
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9781280473555 |
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0195152468 (paperback) |
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9780195152463 (paperback) |
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