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The last speakers the quest to save the world's most endangered languages

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Main Author: Harrison, K. David
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, 2010.
Subjects:
Endangered languages.
Language attrition.
Language maintenance.
Linguistic change.
Linguistic minorities.
Sociolinguistics.
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Physical Description:302 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), col. map ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9781426204616 (hardcover : alk. paper)
1426204612 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Author Notes:K. David Harrison, a National Geographic Society fellow, travels around the world to interviewnbsp;last speakers of nearly extinct tongues. He is a leading spokesman for endangered languages and co-stars in the Sundance documentary film The Linguists . Harrisonnbsp;received his doctorate from Yale University, is currently an associate professor of linguistics at Swarthmore College, and resides in Philadelphia.

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