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...
Saved in:
Main Author: | Wardhaugh, Ronald (Author) |
---|---|
Format: | Book |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Oxford, Englan]
B. Blackwell in association with A. Deutsch
1987
|
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | Click Here to View Status and Holdings. |
Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
Similar Items
-
Language contact at the romance-Germanic language border
Published: (2002) -
Mixing two languages French-Dutch contact in a comparative perspective
by: Treffers-Daller, Jeanine 1959-
Published: (1994) -
LANGUAGE, SOCIETY AND POWER AN INTRODUCTION
by: Thomas, Linda, et al.
Published: (1999) -
Language, society and power an introduction
Published: (1999) -
An introduction to English sociolinguistics
by: Trousdale, Graeme 1971-
Published: (2010)