When Languages Die: The Extinction of the World's Languages and the Erosion of Human KnowledgeOxford University Press, 1 февр. 2007 г. - Всего страниц: 304 It is commonly agreed by linguists and anthropologists that the majority of languages spoken now around the globe will likely disappear within our lifetime. The phenomenon known as language death has started to accelerate as the world has grown smaller. This extinction of languages, and the knowledge therein, has no parallel in human history. K. David Harrison's book is the first to focus on the essential question, what is lost when a language dies? What forms of knowledge are embedded in a language's structure and vocabulary? And how harmful is it to humanity that such knowledge is lost forever? Harrison spans the globe from Siberia, to North America, to the Himalayas and elsewhere, to look at the human knowledge that is slowly being lost as the languages that express it fade from sight. He uses fascinating anecdotes and portraits of some of these languages' last remaining speakers, in order to demonstrate that this knowledge about ourselves and the world is inherently precious and once gone, will be lost forever. This knowledge is not only our cultural heritage (oral histories, poetry, stories, etc.) but very useful knowledge about plants, animals, the seasons, and other aspects of the natural world--not to mention our understanding of the capacities of the human mind. Harrison's book is a testament not only to the pressing issue of language death, but to the remarkable span of human knowledge and ingenuity. It will fascinate linguists, anthropologists, and general readers. |
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... last speakers of many languages are now fading away, never to be heard again. Linguists like me, too few in number, rush to record these tongues, while a few native communities struggle to revive them. Some of these last voices will be ...
... last speakers of many languages are now fading away, never to be heard again. Linguists like me, too few in number, rush to record these tongues, while a few native communities struggle to revive them. Some of these last voices will be ...
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... last speakers expressed their dismay and sadness at the impending loss of their language. I came to share their sadness, and I wrote this book as my own small contribution to their cause. I also came believe that only a very different ...
... last speakers expressed their dismay and sadness at the impending loss of their language. I came to share their sadness, and I wrote this book as my own small contribution to their cause. I also came believe that only a very different ...
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... speak Tuvan. Daniel Miller and Seth Kramer of Ironbound Films braved Siberia's mosquito-ridden bogs to film “The Last Speakers” documentary. Chris Rainier at National Geographic helped bring my endangered language research to a wider ...
... speak Tuvan. Daniel Miller and Seth Kramer of Ironbound Films braved Siberia's mosquito-ridden bogs to film “The Last Speakers” documentary. Chris Rainier at National Geographic helped bring my endangered language research to a wider ...
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... speaker. T. he last speakers of probably half of the world's languages are alive today.1 As they grow old and die, their voices will fall silent. Their children and grandchildren—by overwhelming majority—will either choose not to learn or ...
... speaker. T. he last speakers of probably half of the world's languages are alive today.1 As they grow old and die, their voices will fall silent. Their children and grandchildren—by overwhelming majority—will either choose not to learn or ...
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... speakers. As their speakers grow old and die, these languages too will descend into the fewer-than-10–speakers ... last known household where a married couple speaks to each other in Ös, a language with less than 30 speakers remaining ...
... speakers. As their speakers grow old and die, these languages too will descend into the fewer-than-10–speakers ... last known household where a married couple speaks to each other in Ös, a language with less than 30 speakers remaining ...
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Traditional Calendars and TimeReckoning | 61 |
4 An Atlas in the Mind | 101 |
5 Silent Storytellers Lost Legends | 141 |
Counting to Twenty on Your Toes | 167 |
7 Worlds within Words | 205 |
Notes | 237 |
Bibliography | 263 |
Index | 285 |
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