Spoken Here: Travels among Threatened Languages - Hardcover

Abley, Mark

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9780618236497: Spoken Here: Travels among Threatened Languages

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ISBN 10: 061823649X ISBN 13: 9780618236497

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin (Academic), 2003

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Spoken Here Abley journeys around the world seeking out languages in peril--Manx, Mohawk, Boro, Yiddish, and many more. Along the way he reveals delicious linguistic oddities and shows what is lost when one of the world's six thousand tongues dies. Full description

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‘A fascinating and at times moving account of how languages die...Illuminating and unique’ -- The Observer Travel

‘A powerful and important book... His celebration of linguistic diversity is compelling, his diagnosis of its demise devastating.' -- Sunday Times

‘I recommend Mr Abley’s book.’ -- Sunday Telegraph

‘If you instinctively inveigh against blandness and uniformity, this is an essential read.’ -- Guardian

‘...any book which awakens our indifference...is to be welcomed, particularly one so well-written and lively’ -- New Statesman

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One of the most critically-acclaimed non-fiction titles of 2004, both fascinating and moving, award-winning journalist Mark Abley's story of his travels to visit the world's dying and threatened languages and the people who speak them.

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PublisherHoughton Mifflin (Academic)
Publication date2003
ISBN 10 061823649X
ISBN 13 9780618236497
BindingHardcover
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Number of pages322
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. First Edition. This specific hardback book is in new condition with a hard board cover that has sharp edges and corners and has a tight binding. The pages are clean, crisp, unmarked and uncreased. The dust jacket is in new condition with no discernible wear. We package all books in custom cardboard book boxes for shipment and ship daily with tracking numbers.; "Explores the linguistic characteristics and oddities of some of the world's threatened languages--including Max, Mohaw, Yiddish, Boro, and more--and the diverse forces, from pop culture to global politics that threaten to destroy many languages and the cultures that spawned them."; 6.25 X 1.25 X 9.25 inches; 322 pages. Seller Inventory # 25864

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