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Last Speakers, The

Last Speakers, The

The Quest to Save the World's Most Endangered Languages

K. David Harrison (Author) ... more
Edition: US - Hardback
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English • Age Adult - Adult
304 pages • 6.3 x 9.26 x 1.06 in
Approx. weight: 1.26 lb
Publication date: 21 Sep,2010
Barcode: 9781426204616 • National Geographic
More books in English for Age Adult - Adult
Society/ culture/ social sciences
  • Social and cultural anthropology
  • Sociolinguistics
  • Travel writing

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By: K. David Harrison  
Part travelogue and part scientist's notebook, The Last Speakers is the poignant chronicle of author K. David Harrison's expeditions around the world to meet with last speakers of vanishing languages. The speakers' eloquent reflections and candid photographs reveal little-known lifeways as well as revitalization efforts to teach disappearing languages to younger generations. Thought-provoking and engaging, this unique book illuminates the global language-extinction crisis through photos, graphics, interviews, traditional wisdom never before translated into English, and first-person essays that thrillingly convey the adventure of science and exploration.

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