When Languages Die: The Extinction of the World's Languages and the Erosion of Human Knowledge (Oxford Studies in Sociolinguistics) 0195181921, 2006045308

On the Origin of Languages: Studies in Linguistic Taxonomy 9781503622357

This book presents a series of illuminating studies which conclusively demonstrates that the prevailing conception of hi

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New Languages of the State: Indigenous Resurgence and the Politics of Knowledge in Bolivia 9780822391173

Analyzes bilingual intercultural education in Bolivia to show how indigenous-backed proposals to reform the all-Spanish

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The Oxford Handbook of African Languages 9780199609895, 0199609896

This book provides a comprehensive overview of current research in African languages, drawing on insights from anthropol

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The Oxford Handbook of African Languages 9780191007385, 9780199609895, 0191007382

This book provides a comprehensive overview of current research in African languages, drawing on insights from anthropol

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Indigenous Languages of the Caribbean

"Keynote Address delivered by Professor Emeritus Mervyn C. Alleyne at the opening of the 14th biannual conference o

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The Languages of the Brain 9780674272866

A stellar lineup of international cognitive scientists, philosophers, and artists make a case that the brain is multilin

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The Languages of Criticism and the Structure of Poetry 9781442653252

These vigorous lectures deal with some of the many ways in which the question of structure in poetry (here synonymous wi

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The Form of the Object in the Uralic Languages

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The Languages and Press of Africa 9781512817744

This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of

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The History of Negation in the Languages of Europe and the Mediterranean: Volume II: Patterns and Processes (Oxford Studies in Diachronic and Historical Linguistics) 9780199602544, 0199602549

This is the second book in a two-volume comparative history of negation in the languages of Europe and the Mediterranean

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