Language Endangerment and Language Maintenance
Subtitle: An Active Approach
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: RoutledgeCurzon
Published: August 2, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9780700714568
Subjects: Historical & comparative linguistics; Psycholinguistics; Reference works; Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy; Language Arts & Disciplines; Language; General; Language Arts & Disciplines / General; Linguistics
First sentence: Until recently, most linguists appeared nit to be concerned with the rapid disappearance of most of the languages of the world, and linguistics as a discipline also paid only limited attention.