Language City

Name: Language City
Brand: Atlantic Books
SKU: 9781804710715
Price: 14.44 EUR
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The Fight to Preserve Endangered Mother Tongues

Автор: Ross Perlin

Език:

Корици: С меки корици

Издател: Atlantic Books

Наличност: Външен склад

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WINNER OF THE BRITISH ACADEMY BOOK PRIZE 2024Half of all 7,000-plus human languages may disappear ov...

Информация за книгата

Автор

Ross Perlin

Език

Английски език

Корици

Книга - С меки корици

Издадена

2024

страници

432

EAN

9781804710715

Enbook ID

44437830

Издател

Atlantic Books

Теглоt

374

Размери

129 x 198

Пълно описание

WINNER OF THE BRITISH ACADEMY BOOK PRIZE 2024

Half of all 7,000-plus human languages may disappear over the next century and - because many have never been recorded - when they're gone, it will be forever. Ross Perlin, a linguist and co-director of the Endangered Language Alliance, is racing against time to map little-known languages across the most linguistically diverse city in history: contemporary New York.

In Language City, Perlin recounts the unique history of immigration that shaped the city, and follows six remarkable yet ordinary speakers of endangered languages deep into their communities to learn how they are maintaining and reviving their languages against overwhelming odds. Perlin also dives deep into their languages, taking us on a fascinating tour of unusual grammars, rare sounds and powerful cultural histories from all around the world.

Both remarkable social history and testament to the importance of linguistic diversity, Language City is a joyful and illuminating exploration of a city and the world that made it.

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