9780195152463-0195152468-Vanishing Voices: The Extinction of the World's Languages

Vanishing Voices: The Extinction of the World's Languages

ISBN-13: 9780195152463
ISBN-10: 0195152468
Edition: Revised
Author: Daniel Nettle, Suzanne Romaine
Publication date: 2002
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Format: Paperback 256 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780195152463
ISBN-10: 0195152468
Edition: Revised
Author: Daniel Nettle, Suzanne Romaine
Publication date: 2002
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Format: Paperback 256 pages

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Vanishing Voices: The Extinction of the World's Languages (ISBN-13: 9780195152463 and ISBN-10: 0195152468), written by authors Daniel Nettle, Suzanne Romaine, was published by Oxford University Press in 2002. With an overall rating of 4.1 stars, it's a notable title among other Linguistics (Words, Language & Grammar , Conservation, Nature & Ecology, Social Sciences, Cultural, Anthropology) books. You can easily purchase or rent Vanishing Voices: The Extinction of the World's Languages (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Linguistics books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.36.

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Few people know that nearly one hundred native languages once spoken in what is now California are near extinction, or that most of Australia's 250 aboriginal languages have vanished. In fact, at least half of the world's languages may die out in the next century.
Daniel Nettle and Suzanne Romaine assert that this trend is far more than simply disturbing. Making explicit the link between language survival and environmental issues, they argue that the extinction of languages is part of the larger picture of near-total collapse of the worldwide ecosystem. Indeed, the authors contend that the struggle to preserve precious environmental resources-such as the rainforest-cannot be separated from the struggle to maintain diverse cultures, and that the causes of language death, like that of ecological destruction, lie at the intersection of ecology and politics.
In addition to defending the world's endangered languages, the authors also pay homage to the last speakers of dying tongues, such as Red Thundercloud, a Native American in South Carolina; Ned Mandrell, with whom the Manx language passed away in 1974; and Arthur Bennett, an Australian who was the last person to know more than a few words of Mbabaram.
In our languages lies the accumulated knowledge of humanity. Indeed, each language is a unique window on experience. Vanishing Voices is a call to preserve this resource, before it is too late.

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