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On the death and life of languages

Twenty-five languages die each year; at this pace, half the world's five thousand languages will disappear within the next century. In this book, the author seeks to make clear the magnitude of the cultural loss represented by the crisis of language death. By focusing on the relationship of language to culture and the world of ideas, the author shows how languages are themselves crucial repositories of culture; the traditions, proverbs, and knowledge of our ancestors reside in the language we use. His examination covers all continents and language families to uncover not only how languages die, but also how they can be revitalized--for example in the remarkable case of Hebrew.

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  • "Halte à la mort des langues"@it

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  • "Twenty-five languages die each year; at this pace, half the world's five thousand languages will disappear within the next century. In this book, the author seeks to make clear the magnitude of the cultural loss represented by the crisis of language death. By focusing on the relationship of language to culture and the world of ideas, the author shows how languages are themselves crucial repositories of culture; the traditions, proverbs, and knowledge of our ancestors reside in the language we use. His examination covers all continents and language families to uncover not only how languages die, but also how they can be revitalized--for example in the remarkable case of Hebrew."@en
  • "Twenty-five languages die each year; at this pace, half the world's five thousand languages will disappear within the next century. In this book, the author seeks to make clear the magnitude of the cultural loss represented by the crisis of language death. By focusing on the relationship of language to culture and the world of ideas, the author shows how languages are themselves crucial repositories of culture; the traditions, proverbs, and knowledge of our ancestors reside in the language we use. His examination covers all continents and language families to uncover not only how languages die, but also how they can be revitalized--for example in the remarkable case of Hebrew."
  • "Montre que les langues humaines sont à la fois mortelles (elles disparaissent avec les civilisations ou les peuples) et immortelles (cette disparition n'est pas celle des objets physiques). A travers le cheminement qui sous-tend cette démonstration apparaît l'extraordinaire force vitale inhérente aux langues humaines."

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  • "Livres électroniques"
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  • "Halte a la mort des langues"
  • "Halte à la mort des langues"
  • "No a la muerte de las lenguas"@es
  • "No a la muerte de las lenguas"
  • "Morte e rinascita delle lingue : diversità linguistica come patrimonio dell'umanità"
  • "Morte e rinascita delle lingue : diversità linguistica come patrimonio dell'umanità"@it
  • "On the death and life of languages"@en
  • "On the death and life of languages"

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