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This book, reflecting UNESCO s emphasis on the preservation of endangered languages, is an important contribution to the literature on language diversity. Most of that literature currently deals with Western societies and occasionally with Africa, the Middle East and India. The articles in this book widen and enrich the field. This collection of articles should become a standard in analyses of language policy. - Richard D. Lambert, Professor of Sociology Emeritus, University of Pennsylvania"
Reports and studies on the linguistic situation in a number of countries in this volume are informative and thought provoking. - Picus Sizhi Ding, Macao Polytechnic Institute - Linguist List 17.2290
This book, reflecting UNESCO s emphasis on the preservation of endangered languages, is an important contribution to the literature on language diversity. Most of that literature currently deals with Western societies and occasionally with Africa, the Middle East and India. The articles in this book widen and enrich the field. This collection of articles should become a standard in analyses of language policy.
- Richard D. Lambert, Professor of Sociology Emeritus, University of Pennsylvania"This book, reflecting UNESCO's emphasis on the preservation of endangered languages, is an important contribution to the literature on language diversity. Most of that literature currently deals with Western societies and occasionally with Africa, the Middle East and India. The articles in this book widen and enrich the field. This collection of articles should become a standard in analyses of language policy.
--Richard D. Lambert, Professor of Sociology Emeritus, University of PennsylvaniaReports and studies on the linguistic situation in a number of countries in this volume are informative and thought provoking.
--Picus Sizhi Ding, Macao Polytechnic Institute "Linguist List 17.2290""About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
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