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When languages die: the extinction of the world's languages and the erosion of human knowledge
When languages die: the extinction of the world's languages and the erosion of human knowledge
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Harrison, K. David
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Oxford University Press
Publication Date
2007
Language
English
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1 A World of Many (Fewer) Voices
2 An Extinction of (Ideas about) Species
Case Study: Vanishing Herds and Reindeer Words
3 Many Moons Ago: Traditional Calendars and Time-Reckoning
Case Study: Nomads of Western Mongolia
4 An Atlas in the Mind
Case Study: Wheel of Fortune and a Blessing
5 Silent Storytellers, Lost Legends
Case Study: New Rice versus Old Knowledge
6 Endangered Number Systems: Counting to Twenty on Your Toes
Case Study: The Leaf-Cup People, India's Modern Primitives
7 Worlds within Words.
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Language obsolescence
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9780195181920
9780199870622
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