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Spoken here : travels among threatened languages

by Mark Abley

This work explores the linguistic characteristics of several threatened languages, including Yiddish and Boro. It analyses the diverse political and cultural forces, from pop culture to global politics, that threaten to destroy these languages and their communities.

Accession 20796 ISBN 061823649X Publisher Houghton Mifflin
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