The Wonders of Language

The Wonders of Language
Author: Ian Roberts
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2017-02-09
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1316943194
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Ian Roberts offers a stimulating introduction to our greatest gift as a species: our capacity for articulate language. We are mostly as blissfully unaware of the intricacies of the structure of language as fish are of the water they swim in. We live in a mental ocean of nouns, verbs, quantifiers, morphemes, vowels and other rich, strange and deeply fascinating linguistic objects. This book introduces the reader to this amazing world. Offering a thought-provoking and accessible introduction to the main discoveries and theories about language, the book is aimed at general readers and undergraduates who are curious about linguistics and language. Written in a lively and direct style, technical terms are carefully introduced and explained and the book includes a full glossary. The book covers all the central areas of linguistics, including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics and pragmatics, as well as historical linguistics, sociolinguistics and psycholinguistics.

Lost Languages

Lost Languages
Author: Andrew Robinson
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2009
Genre: Extinct languages
ISBN: 9780500288160
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Undeciphered scripts have long tantalized the public, whether it's the possibility of hearing the voices of ancient peoples or the puzzle solver's taste for the challenges posed by breaking codes. Here, Andrew Robinson investigates the most famous examples, beginning with the stories of three great decipherments: Egyptian hieroglyphs, Maya glyphs, and the Minoan Linear B clay tablets. He then covers the important scripts that have yet to be cracked, such as the Etruscan alphabet and Rongorongo from Easter Island.

Cataloguing the World's Endangered Languages

Cataloguing the World's Endangered Languages
Author: Lyle Campbell
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 425
Release: 2018-02-02
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 131741389X
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Cataloguing the World’s Endangered Languages brings together the results of the extensive and influential Catalogue of Endangered Languages (ELCat) project. Based on the findings from the most extensive endangered languages research project, this is the most comprehensive source of accurate information on endangered languages. The book presents the academic and scientific findings that underpin the online Catalogue, located at www.endangeredlanguages.com, making it an essential companion to the website for academics and researchers working in this area. While the online Catalogue displays much data from the ELCat project, this volume develops and emphasizes aspects of the research behind the data and includes topics of great interest in the field, not previously covered in a single volume. Cataloguing the World’s Endangered Languages is an important volume of particular interest to academics and researchers working with endangered languages.

Atlas of the world's languages in danger of disappearing

Atlas of the world's languages in danger of disappearing
Author: Wurm, Stephen A.
Publisher: UNESCO
Total Pages: 92
Release: 2001-07-17
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9231037986
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Close to half of the 6,000 languges spoken in the world are doomed or likely to disappear in the foreseeable future. The disappearance of any language is an irreparable loss for the heritage of all humankind. This new edition of the Atlas, first published in 1996, is intended to give a graphic picture of the magnitude of the problem and a comprehensive list of languages in danger.

Extinct Languages of Europe

Extinct Languages of Europe
Author: Source Wikipedia
Publisher: University-Press.org
Total Pages: 88
Release: 2013-09
Genre:
ISBN: 9781230568539
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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 86. Chapters: Italic languages, Etruscan language, Old Prussian language, Pomeranian language, Old Church Slavonic, Anatolian languages, Dalmatian language, Russenorsk, Ancient Macedonian language, Dacian language, Iberian language, List of reconstructed Dacian words, Scythian languages, Aquitanian language, Yola language, Pan-Illyrian theories, Galwegian Gaelic, Paleohispanic scripts, Thracian language, Livonian language, Languages of Spain, Tartessian language, Bulgar language, Hunnic language, Lepontic language, Ligurian, Lusitanian language, Venetic language, Old Novgorod dialect, Bohemian Romani, Kemi Sami language, South Picene language, Andalusian Arabic, North Picene language, Akkala Sami language, Liburnian language, Khazar language, Lemnian language, Guanche language, Eteocypriot language, Languages of Iberia, Modern Gutnish, Raetic language, Eteocretan language, Languages of Portugal, Judaeo-Portuguese, Mediterranean Lingua Franca, Historic Colognian, Masurian dialect, Auregnais, East Germanic languages, Basque-Icelandic pidgin, Belagines, Camunic language, Belgian language, Paeonian language, Paleohispanic languages, Yevanic language, Merya language, Shirvani Arabic, Paleo-Balkan languages, Cuman language, Muromian language, Espanca script, Old Tatar language, Sicel language, Meshcherian language, Drevani, Jassic dialect, Solombala-English, Klezmer-loshn, Pecheneg language, Laiuse Romani language, Viktors Bertholds, Mysian language, Armeno-Kipchak dialect, Masovian language, Iazychie.

Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger
Author: Christopher Moseley
Publisher: UNESCO
Total Pages: 221
Release: 2010-01-01
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9231040960
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Languages are not only tools of communication, they also reflect a view of the world. Languages are vehicles of value systems and cultural expressions and are an essential component of the living heritage of humanity. Yet, many of them are in danger of disappearing. UNESCO's Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger tries to raise awareness on language endangerment. This third edition has been completely revised and expanded to include new series of maps and new points of view.