About this title: The rapid endangerment and death of many minority languages across the world is a matter of widespread concern, not only among linguists and anthropologists but among all concerned with issues of cultural identity in an increasingly globalized culture. By some counts, only 600 of the 6,000 or so languages in the world are 'safe' from the threat of ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date Published: 2000-06-26
ISBN-13:9780521653213ISBN:0521653215
Description: Good. Good clean condition. All pages are clean. Cover/book edges have some wear. Ex library copy. May have a clear plastic book cover, library stamps, catalog numbers, stickers or other markings. No dust jacket. Your satisfaction is guaranteed! read more
Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, U. K.
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780521653213ISBN:0521653215
Description: Fine in Near Fine jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Dust jacket has very slight edgewear. How many languages are there in the world? , at what rate are they dying off? how many of the world's languages are spoken by fewer than 1, 000 people, how many indigenous languages are there in North America? what issues shoud concern those who wish to 'save' endangered languages? Crystal is one of the world's foremost authorities on language, author of the Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language-1987; 1997, and ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, England
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780521653213ISBN:0521653215
Description: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 0521653215. Text is clean. Cover shows normal wear, head of spine bumped. Dust jacket shows light wear, gentle wear at corners, head of spine bumped.; From publisher: The rapid endangerment and death of many minority languages across the world is a matter of widespread concern, not only among linguists and anthropologists but among all concerned with issues of cultural identity in an increasingly globalized culture. By some counts, only 600 of the 6000 or so ... read more
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Cambridge Univ Pr, West Nyack, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780521653213ISBN:0521653215
Description: Very Good/Very Good. 0521653215 cloth, x, 198 pp., references, indexes; very good, clean copy, tight binding, very good dust jacket. read more
Edition: First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, NY
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780521653213ISBN:0521653215
Description: Near Fine hardcover in a Near Fine dust jacket. Pages and text are clean and bright. Former owner's seal embossed to the first page. Light edge wear to the jacket, though no chips or tears. Overall an attractive copy. 198 pp. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Cambridge Univ Pr
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780521653213ISBN:0521653215
Description: Fine. 198 pp. Hardcover, black cloth, 8vo. Fine copy in Fine dust jacket. All contents are like New; a clean, bright and unmarked copy. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Cambridge Univ Pr
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780521012713ISBN:0521012716
Description: New. The rapid endangerment and death of many minority languages across the world is a matter of widespread concern, not only among linguists and anthropologists but among all interested in the issues of cultural identity in an increasingly globalized cul... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date Published: 2000-06-26
ISBN-13:9780521653213ISBN:0521653215
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