The Vanishing Languages of the Pacific Rim
Title | The Vanishing Languages of the Pacific Rim PDF eBook |
Author | Osahito Miyaoka |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | 549 |
Release | 2007-04-12 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 019926662X |
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The Vanishing Languages of the Pacific Rim
Title | The Vanishing Languages of the Pacific Rim PDF eBook |
Author | Osahito Miyaoka |
Publisher | OUP Oxford |
Total Pages | 552 |
Release | 2007-04-12 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 0191532894 |
This book presents the first comprehensive survey of the languages of the Pacific rim, a vast region containing the greatest typological and genetic diversity in the world. It includes the littoral regions of North and South America, Australasia, east and south-east Asia, and Japan, as well as the Pacific itself. As its languages decline and disappear, sometimes without trace, this rich linguistic heritage is rapidly eroding. In The Vanishing Languages of the Pacific Rim distinguished scholars report on the current state of the region's languages and provides a critical survey of the current state of the region's languages. They show what is currently known and recorded and what remains to be examined and documented. They consider which languages are the most vulnerable to extinction and what steps that can be taken to save them. Their analyses range from the regional to the local and focus on languages in a wide variety of social and ecological settings. Together they make a compelling case for research throughout the region, and show how and where this needs to be done.
Algonquian and Iroquoian Linguistics
Title | Algonquian and Iroquoian Linguistics PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 284 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | Algonquian languages |
ISBN |
Materials on Languages in Danger of Disappearing in the Asia-Pacific Region
Title | Materials on Languages in Danger of Disappearing in the Asia-Pacific Region PDF eBook |
Author | Stephen Adolphe Wurm |
Publisher | Pacific Linguistics Research Dies Australian National Univ |
Total Pages | 206 |
Release | 1997 |
Genre | Foreign Language Study |
ISBN |
Vanishing Voices
Title | Vanishing Voices PDF eBook |
Author | Daniel Nettle |
Publisher | Oxford : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | 254 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 0195136241 |
Nettle and Romaine paint a breathtaking landscape that shows why so many of the world's languages are disappearing-and more importantly, why it matters. - BOOK JACKET.
Languages of the North Pacific Rim
Title | Languages of the North Pacific Rim PDF eBook |
Author | 伯人·宮岡 |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 295 |
Release | 1994 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
Endangered Languages and History
Title | Endangered Languages and History PDF eBook |
Author | Foundation for Endangered Languages. Conference |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 196 |
Release | 2009 |
Genre | Endangered languages |
ISBN |
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