Encyclopedia of the World''s Endangered Languages

Informationen zum Autor Christopher Moseley has recently retired from two decades spent covering Baltic affairs for BBC Monitoring, part of the BBC World Service. He now works as a freelance translator and editor, with a particular lifelong interest in the languages and literatures of the Baltic and Nordic areas. He is the editor of the Journal of the Foundation for Endangered Languages. His other books include Atlas of the World's Languages (Routledge, 2007), Colloquial Latvian (Routledge, 1996) and Colloquial Estonian (Routledge, 1994). Klappentext This Encyclopedia represents an effort to conserve all the information we have about languages threatened with extinction, an effort that is not only imperative but a race against time. Zusammenfassung This Encyclopedia represents an effort to conserve all the information we have about languages threatened with extinction, an effort that is not only imperative but a race against time. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 North America, VictorGolla; Chapter 2 Latin America, WillenAdelaar; Chapter 3 Europe and North Asia, Tapani Salminen; Chapter 4 South Asia and the Middle East, George vanDriem; Chapter 5 East and Southeast Asia, David Bradley; Chapter 6 Australasia and the Pacific, Stephen A. Wurm; Chapter 7 Africa, Gerrit J.Dimmendaal, F. K. ErhardVoeltz;

Product details

• Authors: Christopher (University College London Moseley, Moseley Christopher
• Assisted by: Christopher Moseley (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.03.2007
• EAN: 9780700711970
• ISBN: 978-0-7007-1197-0
• No. of pages: 688
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / General, REFERENCE / Encyclopedias, REFERENCE / General, FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / General, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies