Language Death
- ISBN-10
- 1316129543
- ISBN-13
- 9781316129548
- Series
- Language Death
- Category
- Language obsolescence
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2014
- Author
- David Crystal
Description
This book contains not only intelligent argument, but moving descriptions of the decline and demise of particular languages, and practical advice for anyone interested in pursuing the subject further.
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- 2016-11-11
- 224 pages
- Paperback
- University of Pennsylvania Press
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