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Daniel Nettle and Suzanne Romaine assert that this trend is far more than simply disturbing. Making explicit the link between language survival and environmental issues, they argue that the extinction of languages is part of the larger picture of near-total collapse of the worldwide ecosystem.
Indeed, the authors contend that the struggle to preserve precious environmental resources-such as the rainforest-cannot be separated from the struggle to maintain diverse cultures, and that the causes of language death, like that of ecological destruction, lie at the intersection of ecology and
politics.
In addition to defending the world's endangered languages, the authors also pay homage to the last speakers of dying tongues, such as Red Thundercloud, a Native American in South Carolina; Ned Mandrell, with whom the Manx language passed away in 1974; and Arthur Bennett, an Australian who was
the last person to know more than a few words of Mbabaram.
In our languages lies the accumulated knowledge of humanity. Indeed, each language is a unique window on experience. Vanishing Voices is a call to preserve this resource, before it is too late.
Daniel Nettle and Suzanne Romaine assert that this trend is far more than simply disturbing. Making explicit the link between language survival and environmental issues, they argue that the extinction of languages is part of the larger picture of near-total collapse of the worldwide ecosystem.
Indeed, the authors contend that the struggle to preserve precious environmental resources-such as the rainforest-cannot be separated from the struggle to maintain diverse cultures, and that the causes of language death, like that of ecological destruction, lie at the intersection of ecology and
politics.
In addition to defending the world's endangered languages, the authors also pay homage to the last speakers of dying tongues, such as Red Thundercloud, a Native American in South Carolina; Ned Mandrell, with whom the Manx language passed away in 1974; and Arthur Bennett, an Australian who was
the last person to know more than a few words of Mbabaram.
In our languages lies the accumulated knowledge of humanity. Indeed, each language is a unique window on experience. Vanishing Voices is a call to preserve this resource, before it is too late.
Suzanne Romaine is Merton Professor of English Language at the University of Oxford and is the author of Language in Society: An Introduction to Sociolinguistics (OUP)
- 1: Where have All the Languages Gone
- 2: A World of Diversity
- 3: Lost Words / Lost Worlds
- 4: The Ecology of Language
- 5: The Biological Wave
- 6: The Economic Wave
- 7: Why Something Should be Done
- 8: Sustainable Futures
- References and Further Reading
- Bibliography
- Index
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2002 |
|---|---|
| Fachbereich: | Geisteswissenschaften allgemein |
| Genre: | Importe |
| Rubrik: | Geisteswissenschaften |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Inhalt: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| ISBN-13: | 9780195152463 |
| ISBN-10: | 0195152468 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: |
Nettle, Daniel
Romaine, Suzanne |
| Hersteller: | Oxford University Press |
| Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de |
| Maße: | 229 x 152 x 15 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Daniel Nettle (u. a.) |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 01.03.2002 |
| Gewicht: | 0,421 kg |
Suzanne Romaine is Merton Professor of English Language at the University of Oxford and is the author of Language in Society: An Introduction to Sociolinguistics (OUP)
- 1: Where have All the Languages Gone
- 2: A World of Diversity
- 3: Lost Words / Lost Worlds
- 4: The Ecology of Language
- 5: The Biological Wave
- 6: The Economic Wave
- 7: Why Something Should be Done
- 8: Sustainable Futures
- References and Further Reading
- Bibliography
- Index
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2002 |
|---|---|
| Fachbereich: | Geisteswissenschaften allgemein |
| Genre: | Importe |
| Rubrik: | Geisteswissenschaften |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Inhalt: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| ISBN-13: | 9780195152463 |
| ISBN-10: | 0195152468 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: |
Nettle, Daniel
Romaine, Suzanne |
| Hersteller: | Oxford University Press |
| Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de |
| Maße: | 229 x 152 x 15 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Daniel Nettle (u. a.) |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 01.03.2002 |
| Gewicht: | 0,421 kg |
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