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Part travelogue and part scientist's notebook, The Last Speakers is the poignant chronicle of author K. David Harrison's expeditions around the world to meet with last speakers of vanishing languages. The speakers' eloquent reflections and candid photographs reveal little-known lifeways as well as revitalization efforts to teach disappearing languages to younger generations. Thought-provoking and engaging, this unique book illuminates the global language-extinction crisis through photos, graphics, interviews, traditional wisdom never before translated into English, and first-person essays that thrillingly convey the adventure of science and exploration.
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Produktdetails
Erscheinungsdatum
21. September 2010
Sprache
englisch
Untertitel
The Quest to Save the World's Most Endangered Languages.
Sprache: Englisch.
Seitenanzahl
304
Reihe
National Geographic
Autor/Autorin
K David Harrison
Verlag/Hersteller
Produktart
gebunden
Gewicht
574 g
Größe (L/B/H)
239/161/29 mm
ISBN
9781426204616
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“"The Last Speakers" opens our eyes and hearts to the human realities of language loss. If you plan to read just one book on language this year, make it this one.”—David Crystal, author of" Language Death"
“This wonderful book is really three wonderful books wrapped into one: a world travelogue of languages; a moving personal account of the last speakers of vanishing languages; and a revelation of the knowledge tied to each language. Perhaps you’re among the many people who think, ‘Wouldn’t we better off with just a few major languages? Let those thousands of little local languages disappear.’ After reading this book you’ll know why all those little local languages do matter, and what can be done to save them.”—Jared Diamond, Professor of Geography at UCLA and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "Guns, Germs, and Steel" and "Collapse"
"Harrison has found new ways of looking at endangered l
“This wonderful book is really three wonderful books wrapped into one: a world travelogue of languages; a moving personal account of the last speakers of vanishing languages; and a revelation of the knowledge tied to each language. Perhaps you’re among the many people who think, ‘Wouldn’t we better off with just a few major languages? Let those thousands of little local languages disappear.’ After reading this book you’ll know why all those little local languages do matter, and what can be done to save them.”—Jared Diamond, Professor of Geography at UCLA and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "Guns, Germs, and Steel" and "Collapse"
"Harrison has found new ways of looking at endangered l
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