33.2063, Books: Words of Wonder: Evans

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Subject: 33.2063, Books: Words of Wonder: Evans

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Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2022 17:18:02
From: Aleksandra Tasic [atasic at wiley.com]
Subject: Words of Wonder: Evans

 


Title: Words of Wonder 
Subtitle: Endangered Languages and What They Tell Us, 2nd Edition 
Series Title: The Language Library  

Publication Year: 2022 
Publisher: Wiley
	   http://www.wiley.com
	

Book URL: https://www.wiley.com/en-us/Words+of+Wonder%3A+Endangered+Languages+and+What+They+Tell+Us%2C+2nd+Edition-p-9781119758754#series-section 


Author: Nick Evans

Electronic: ISBN:  9781119758778 Pages:  Price: U.S. $ 45.95
Paperback: ISBN:  9781119758754 Pages: 362 Price: U.S. $ 45.95


Abstract:

In the new, thoroughly revised second edition of Words of Wonder: Endangered
Languages and What They Tell Us, Second Edition (formerly called Dying Words:
Endangered Languages and What They Have to Tell Us), renowned scholar Nicholas
Evans delivers an accessible and incisive text covering the impact of mass
language endangerment. The distinguished author explores issues surrounding
the preservation of indigenous languages, including the best and most
effective ways to respond to the challenge of recording and documenting
fragile oral traditions while they’re still with us.

This latest edition offers an entirely new chapter on new developments in
language revitalisation, including the impact of technology on language
archiving, the use of social media, and autodocumentation by speakers. It also
includes a number of new sections on how recent developments in language
documentation give us a fuller picture of human linguistic diversity. Seeking
to answer the question of why widespread linguistic diversity exists in the
first place, the book weaves in portraits of individual “last speakers” and
anecdotes about linguists and their discoveries. It provides access to a
companion website with sound files and embedded video clips of various
languages mentioned in the text.

Perfect for undergraduate and graduate students studying language endangerment
and preservation and for any reader who wants to discover what the full
diversity of the world’s languages has to teach us, Words of Wonder:
Endangered Languages and What They Tell Us, Second Edition, will earn a place
in the libraries of linguistics, anthropology, and sociology scholars with a
professional or personal interest in endangered languages and in the full
wealth of the world’s languages.
 



Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics


Written In: English  (eng)

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http://linguistlist.org/pubs/books/get-book.cfm?BookID=160873




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