An in-depth study of endangered language revitalisation, which assesses the implications of changing language attitudes for language campaigners and policy-make

Of the approximately 7,000 languages in the world, at least half may no longer be spoken by the end of the twenty-first century. Languages are endangered by a n

It is generally agreed that about 7,000 languages are spoken across the world today and at least half may no longer be spoken by the end of this century. This s

An introduction to language endangerment. What is it? How and why does it happen? Why should we care?

This book provides an overview of the issues surrounding language loss. It brings together work by theoretical linguists, field linguists, and non-linguist memb