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- Title: Spoken Here Travels Among Threatened Languages
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Spoken Here Travels Among Threatened Languages
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Mark Abley
- ISBN: 9780618236497
- ISBN10: 061823649X
- Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Publish Date: 2003-08-01
- Pages: 322
- Binding: Hardcover
- Dimensions: 27.75 L x 18.75 W x 3.75 H
- Weight: 4.20 lbs
Description:
Explores the linguistic characteristics and oddities of some of the world's threatened languages--including Max, Mohaw, Yiddish, Boro, and more--and the diverse forces, from pop culture to global politics that threaten to destroy many languages and the cultures that spawned them.
Selected Reviews:
"A humanistic approach to linguistics and a scintillating read."
--Kirkus
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