Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-224) and index.
List of Illustrations; Preface; one: Where Have All the Languages Gone?; two: A World of Diversity; three: Lost Words/Lost Worlds; four: The Ecology of Language; five: The Biological Wave; six: The Economic Wave; seven: Why Something Should Be Done; eight: Sustainable Futures; References and Further Reading; Bibliography; Index.
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Suggests links between disappearing linguistic diversity and environmental issues. The authors argue that it is part of the larger picture of the world's collapsing ecosystem, and that the causes of language death, like those of ecological destruction, lie at the crossroad of ecology and politics.
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Vanishing voices.
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Areal linguistics.
Human ecology.
Language and languages.
Language maintenance.
Language obsolescence.
Linguistic demography.
Langage et langues-- Disparition.
Préservation linguistique.
Areal linguistics.
Culturele minderheden.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY-- Ancient Languages.
Human ecology.
Language and languages.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES-- Linguistics-- Historical & Comparative.