Language Endangerment

by David Bradley and Maya Bradley

Book Overview

Up to ninety percent of humanity's traditional languages and cultures are at risk and may disappear this century. While language endangerment has not achieved the publicity surrounding environmental change and biodiversity loss, it is just as serious, disastrously reducing the variety of human knowledge and thought. This book shows why it matters, why and how it happens, and what communities and scholars can do about it. David and Maya Bradley provide...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107641705
• ISBN13: 9781107641709
• Release Date: January 2020
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.4"