Language Endangerment (Key Topics in Linguistic Anthropology) - Softcover

Bradley, David; Bradley, Maya

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1107641705 ISBN 13: 9781107641709

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2019

Synopsis

Up to ninety percent of humanity's traditional languages and cultures are at risk and may disappear this century. While language endangerment has not achieved the publicity surrounding environmental change and biodiversity loss, it is just as serious, disastrously reducing the variety of human knowledge and thought. This book shows why it matters, why and how it happens, and what communities and scholars can do about it. David and Maya Bradley provide a new framework for investigating and documenting linguistic, social and other factors which contribute to languages shifting away from their cultural heritage. Illustrated with practical in-depth case studies and examples from the authors' own work in Asia and elsewhere, the book encourages communities to maintain or reclaim their traditional languages and cultures.

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About the Authors

David Bradley is Professor of Linguistics at La Trobe University, Victoria and President of the UNESCO Comité International Permanent des Linguistes. He has authored or contributed to many books including the UNESCO Atlas of Languages in Danger (3rd edition, 2010).

Maya Bradley established Linguistics at La Trobe University, Victoria after teaching at other universities on three continents. She has co-authored or co-edited several books, including Language Endangerment and Language Maintenance (2002).

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1107641705
• ISBN 13: 9781107641709
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 236