عنوان
پدید آورنده
موضوع
رده
P40.5.L33 H37 2007
P40
.
5
.
L33
H37
2007
کتابخانه
محل استقرار
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
(Number (ISBN
0195181921
(Number (ISBN
0195372069
(Number (ISBN
9780195181920
(Number (ISBN
9780195372069
Erroneous ISBN
0195181821
NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY NUMBER
Number
b797575
TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
Title Proper
When languages die :
General Material Designation
[Book]
Other Title Information
the extinction of the world's languages and the erosion of human knowledge /
First Statement of Responsibility
K. David Harrison.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Oxford University Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2007.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
x, 292 pages :
Other Physical Details
illustrations, maps ;
Dimensions
24 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-283) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
A world of many (fewer) voices -- An extinction of (ideas about) species -- Case study: vanishing herds and reindeer words -- Many moons ago: traditional calendars and time-reckoning -- Case study: nomads of western Mongolia -- An atlas in the mind -- Case study: wheel of fortune and a blessing -- Silent storytellers, lost legends -- Case study: new rice versus old knowledge -- Endangered number systems: counting to twenty on your toes -- Case study: the leaf-cup people, India's modern 'primitives' -- Worlds within words.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
In When Languages Die, K. David Harrison illustrates the individual face of language loss, as well as its global scale. Languages are the accretion of thousands of years of a peopleʼs science and art - from observations of ecological patterns to creation myths. The author shows that the disappearance of a language is a loss not only for the community of speakers itself but also for our common human knowledge of mathematics, biology, geography, philosophy, agriculture, and linguistics. In this century, we face a massive erosion of the human knowledge base. The global abandonment of indigenous languages will bring a massive loss of accumulated knowledge and culture - this book argues for the irreplaceable nature of these unique knowledge systems and the urgency of documenting them before they are lost forever. Book jacket.
Text of Note
Includes information on Australia, calendars, creation myths, directions, epics, fish, folksonomy, genetics, grammar, Himalayan mountains, horse, indigenous people, knowledge, literacy, maps, metaphor, months, naming, nomads, oral traditions, Os (middle Chulym), Papua New Guinea, place names, reindeer, rivers, shamans, sign languages, singing, song, species, taxonomy, units of time, time reckoning, Tofa (Tofalar, Karagas), Tuvan, writing systems, Yukaghir, etc.
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
When languages die.
Title
When languages die.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Language obsolescence.
Native peoples-- Languages.
Langage et langues-- Disparition.
Döda språk.
Kennisoverdracht.
Language obsolescence.
sears.
Sprachtod
Språkdöd.
Uitstervende talen.
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION
Number
417/
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7
Edition
22
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
P40
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5
.
L33
Book number
H37
2007
OTHER CLASS NUMBERS
Class number
17
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24
Class number
ES
425
System Code
bcl
System Code
rvk
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
Harrison, K. David.
ORIGINATING SOURCE
Date of Transaction
20201207101550.0
ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Electronic name
مطالعه متن کتاب [Book]
Y
