Lost Languages
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One Thousand Languages
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Author : Peter Austin
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2008
One Thousand Languages written by Peter Austin and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Language and languages categories.
Presents an overview of the living, endangered, and extinct languages of the world, providing the total number of speakers of the language, its history, and maps of the geographic areas where it is presently spoken or where it was spoken in the past.
The Lost Language
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Author : Claudia Mills
language : en
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Release Date : 2022-11-01
The Lost Language written by Claudia Mills and has been published by National Geographic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-11-01 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
The quest to save the words of a dying language - and to find the words to save what may be a dying friendship - lies at the heart of this exquisite verse novel. Sixth grader Betsy is the one who informs her best friend, Lizard, that thousands of the world's languages are currently threatened by extinction; Betsy's mother is a linguistics professor working frantically to study dying languages before they are lost forever. But it is Lizard who, gripped by the magnitude of this loss, challenges Betsy, "What if, instead of WRITING about dying languages, like your mom, you and I SAVED one instead?" As the girls embark on their quest to learn as much as possible of the near-extinct language of Guernésiais (spoken on the Isle of Guernsey, off the coast of France), their friendship faces unexpected strains. With Lizard increasingly obsessed with the language project, Betsy begins to seek greater independence from her controlling and charismatic friend, as well as from her controlling and charismatic mother. Then tragedy threatens Betsy's life beyond what any words can express, and Lizard does something unthinkable. Maybe lost friendships, like lost languages, can never be completely saved. A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection
Lost Languages From The Mediterranean
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Author : Jan G. P. Best
language : en
Publisher: Brill Archive
Release Date : 1989
Lost Languages From The Mediterranean written by Jan G. P. Best and has been published by Brill Archive this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Lost Languages From The Mediterranean
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Author : Best
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 1989-10
Lost Languages From The Mediterranean written by Best and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989-10 with History categories.
Endangered Languages
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Author : Lenore A. Grenoble
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1998-03-26
Endangered Languages written by Lenore A. Grenoble and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998-03-26 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Provides an overview of the issues surrounding language loss.
Lost Languages
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Author : Andrew Robinson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009
Lost Languages written by Andrew Robinson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Extinct languages categories.
Undeciphered scripts have long tantalized the public, whether it's the possibility of hearing the voices of ancient peoples or the puzzle solver's taste for the challenges posed by breaking codes. Here, Andrew Robinson investigates the most famous examples, beginning with the stories of three great decipherments: Egyptian hieroglyphs, Maya glyphs, and the Minoan Linear B clay tablets. He then covers the important scripts that have yet to be cracked, such as the Etruscan alphabet and Rongorongo from Easter Island.
Lost Languages
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Author : Andrew Robinson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008-03
Lost Languages written by Andrew Robinson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-03 with Foreign Language Study categories.
"Moves on to dissect the most wellknown and enigmatic undeciphered scripts from around the world. They include the Etruscan alphabet of Italy, the Indus Valley seal script, Rongorongo from remote Easter Island, the Zapotec script of Mexico (probably the first writing system in the Americas) and the unique Phaistos disc of Crete." - - Provided by publisher.
Lost Languages
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Author : Philip Ellaby Cleator
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1962
Lost Languages written by Philip Ellaby Cleator and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1962 with Cryptography categories.
The story of the deciphering of ancient writings.
Lost Languages
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Author : Philip E. Cleator
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1973
Lost Languages written by Philip E. Cleator and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1973 with categories.
When Languages Die The Extinction Of The World S Languages And The Erosion Of Human Knowledge
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Author : K. David Harrison Assistant Professor of Linguistics Swarthmore College
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2007-02-01
When Languages Die The Extinction Of The World S Languages And The Erosion Of Human Knowledge written by K. David Harrison Assistant Professor of Linguistics Swarthmore College and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-02-01 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
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.