Language In Danger

The Loss Of Linguistic Diversity And The Threat To Our Future

by Andrew Dalby
language: english
Publisher: COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS, April of 2003 ‧
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Every two weeks the world loses another indigenous language. Of the approximately 5,000 languages spoken around the globe today, Dalby predicts that half will be lost during this century. How will this linguistic extinction affect our lives? Is there a possibility that humanity will become a monolingual species? Should we care?

Language In Danger

The Loss Of Linguistic Diversity And The Threat To Our Future

by Andrew Dalby

Property Description
ISBN: 9780231129008
Publisher: COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS
Release Date: April of 2003
Language: English
Cover: Hardcover
Pages: 352
Format: Book
Categories: Books in English > Fiction > Linguistics and Philology
EAN: 9780231129008