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Language in Danger: How Language Loss Threatens Our Future by Andrew Dalby (Paperback, 2003)

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Every two weeks a language dies. Of the estimated 5000 languages spoken worldwide, from Cherokee to Cornish, only half are likely to survive to the end of this century. What does this mean for the human race? Will we eventually become a one-language planet? And does it even matter? This study shows why language loss affects us all. It explores how languages become extinct: through political power, in the case of Latin engulfing the Ancient Mediterranean; through brute force, such as that used against the Native Americans and Australians; and through economics - as the phenomenal rise of English as the language of business and mass communications shows. Andrew Dalby also explains how this linguistic globalization means a loss not just of cultural identity and diversity, but also of the unique world-view and acquired local knowledge enshrined in the way we speak. The consequences, Dalby argues, will be devastating - not just for language, but for the future of humankind itself.

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PublisherPenguin Books LTD

ISBN-139780140290646

eBay Product ID (ePID)90031273

Product Key Features

Number of Pages352 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameLanguage in Danger: How Language Loss Threatens Our Future

Publication Year2003

TypeStudy Guide

AuthorAndrew Dalby

Subject AreaReligious Sociology

FormatPaperback

Dimensions

Item Height195 mm

Item Weight246 g

Item Width131 mm

Additional Product Features

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom

Title_AuthorAndrew Dalby