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028			_a: Technical Bureau India Pvt. Ltd. _b: 4794/23, Ansari Road, Daryaganj, New Delhi _c: TB1911
082			_a408.9 EVA
100			_aEvans, Nicholas.
245			_aDying Words _b: Endangered Languages and what they have to tell Us. _c/ Nicholas Evans.
260			_a, Singapore _b: Wiley Blackwell _c, 2010.
300			_axxii, 287p. _c: 24cm.
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520			_aThe next century will see more than half of the world’s 6,000 languages become extinct, and most of these will disappear without being adequately recorded. Written by one of the leading figures in language documentation, this fascinating book explores what humanity stands to lose as a result. Explores the unique philosophy, knowledge, and cultural assumptions of languages, and their impact on our collective intellectual heritage Questions why such linguistic diversity exists in the first place, and how can we can best respond to the challenge of recording and documenting these fragile oral traditions while they are still with us Written by one of the leading figures in language documentation, and draws on a wealth of vivid examples from his own field experience Brings conceptual issues vividly to life by weaving in portraits of individual ‘last speakers’ and anecdotes about linguists and their discoveries
650			_aLanguage
650			_aEndangered Languages
650			_aLinguistic
700			_aNicholas Evans.
942			_cBOOK
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