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Spoken Here - Travels Among Threatened Languages
de Mark Abley
- Usado
- Muy bueno
- Tapa blanda
- First
- Estado
- Muy bueno/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 009946022X
- ISBN 13
- 9780099460220
- Librería
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Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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Sobre este artículo
London: Arrow Books, 2005 Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Thus. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Account of journeys among the speakers of languages at the brink of extinction and some who are fighting back. 322pp with index. Minimal sunning to edges, otherwise very good plus copy with no inscriptions and uncreased spine..
Sinopsis
In Spoken Here, Mark Abley journeys around the world seeking out languages in peril -- Manx, Mohawk, Boro, Yiddish, and many more. Along the way he reveals delicious linguistic oddities and shows us what is lost when one of the world's six thousand tongues dies -- an irreplaceable worldview and a wealth of practical knowledge. He also examines the forces, from pop culture to creoles to global politics, that threaten to wipe out 90 percent of languages by this century's end. Abley encounters one of the last two speakers of an Australian language, whose tribal taboos forbid them to talk to each other. He spotlights those who believe that violence is the only way to save their tongue. He meets a Yiddish novelist who writes for an audience she knows doesn't exist. He pays tribute to such strange tongues as the Amazonian language last spoken by a parrot, the Caucasian language with no vowels, and the South Asian language whose innumerable verbs include gobray (to fall in a well unknowingly) and onsra (to love for the last time). Each of the languages Abley spotlights, from the familiar to the foreign, exemplifies the various threats that endanger languages worldwide. But many also prove their resilience, thanks to the efforts of their determined speakers and such unlikely tools as soap operas and pop music. Abley meets the crusaders as well as the uncaring, all of whom offer surprising insight into this centuries-old debate. Spoken Here is a singular travelogue, a compelling case for linguistic diversity, and a treasure trove for anyone who loves any language.
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- Librería
- Washburn Books
(GB)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 010985
- Título
- Spoken Here - Travels Among Threatened Languages
- Autor
- Mark Abley
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa blanda
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Muy bueno
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- No Jacket
- Edición
- First Thus
- ISBN 10
- 009946022X
- ISBN 13
- 9780099460220
- Editorial
- Arrow Books
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 2005
- Tamaño
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Languages;
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