Vanishing Voices - The Extinction of the World's Languages (Hardcover)

Suzanne Romaine and Daniel Nettle argue that the loss of linguistic diversity is just as threatening as the loss of global biodiversity. Approximately half of all known languages have disappeared in the last five hundred years, and with the advent of global communication, the rate of extinction is accelerating to the level that, according to some, 90% of all languages are in danger of becoming extinct during the next century. The loss of both linguistic and biological diversity is part of a much larger and more serious problem - the near-total collapse of our worldwide ecosystem. Languages are enmeshed in social and geographical matrix just as animals and plants, and their demise is symptomatic of the illness and dealth of cultures and ways of life different from our own. Romaine and Nettle describe the background of this situation, how the current catastrophe occurred, and what can be done about it. They argue for the importance of maintaining diverse, localized responses to the environment, and show how the maintenance of different languages is necessarily linked to the diversity of human beings.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	August 2000
First published:	July 2000
Authors:	Daniel Nettle • Suzanne Romaine
Dimensions:	243 x 163 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	254
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-513624-1
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Historical & comparative linguistics > General Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Social impact of environmental issues > General Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Conservation of the environment > Conservation of wildlife & habitats > Endangered species & extinction of species
LSN:	0-19-513624-1
Barcode:	9780195136241

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