LANGUAGES IN COMPETITION dominance, diversity, and decline

Of the 5000 languages currently extant in the world, five account for 45% of the world's population, and 100 for 95%. This book explores why some languages flourish well beyond their own native borders, while thousands of others lie under threat of decline and perhaps even extinction. By what m...

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Main Author: Wardhaugh, Ronald (Author)
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Language:English
Published: Oxford, Englan] B. Blackwell in association with A. Deutsch 1987
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