On the death and life of languages

Hagège, Claude (1936-....)

On the death and life of languages [Texte imprimé] / Claude Hagège ; translated by Jody Gladding - New Haven : Yale University Press ; cop. 2009 - 1 vol. (ix-364 p.) ; 22 cm

Index

Bibliogr. p. 335-345

Languages and life. Languages, providers of life -- Languages, living species -- Language and speech -- Words and the struggle for life -- Languages and death. What is a dead language? -- The paths to extinction -- The battalion of causes -- Taking stock -- Factors in preservation and the struggle against disaster -- Languages and resurrection. Hebrew -- From life to death and from death to life -- New languages, Creoles, promotions

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Language obsolescence Language revival

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