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Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages
The concern for the fast-disappearing language stocks of the world has arisen particularly in the past decade, as a result of the impact of globalization. This book appears as an answer to a felt need: to catalogue and describe those languages, making up the vast majority of the world's six thousand or more distinct tongues, which are in danger of disappearing within the next few decades. Endangerment is a complex issue, and the reasons why so many of the world's smaller, less empowered languages are not being passed on to future generations today are discussed in the book's introduction. The introduction is followed by regional sections, each authored by a notable specialist, combining to p...
Colloquial Estonian
This new edition of Colloquial Estonian is easy to use and completely up-to-date. Specially written by an experienced teacher for self-study or class use, the course offers you a step-by-step approach to written and spoken Estonian. No prior knowledge of the language is required. What makes Colloquial Estonian your best choice in personal language learning? interactive – lots of dialogues and exercises for regular practice clear – concise grammar notes practical – useful vocabulary and pronunciation guide complete – including answer key and special reference section. By the end of this rewarding course you will be able to communicate confidently and effectively in Estonian in a broad range of everyday situations. Audio material to accompany the course is available to download freely in MP3 format from www.routledge.com/cw/colloquials. Recorded by native speakers, the audio material features the dialogues and texts from the book and will help develop your listening and pronunciation skills.
Colloquial Latvian
First Published in 2009. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Endangered Languages in the 21st Century
Endangered Languages in the 21st Century provides research on endangered languages in the contemporary world, the challenges still to be faced, the work still to be done, and the methods and practices that have come to characterize efforts to revive and maintain disadvantaged indigenous languages around the world. With contributions from scholars across the field, the book brings fresh data and insights to this imperative, but still relatively young, field of linguistics. While the studies acknowledge the threat of losing languages in an unprecedented way, they focus on cases that show resilience and explore paths to sustainable progress. The articles are also intended as a celebration of th...
Writing Systems
Throughout most of the history of linguistics, the primacy of the spoken word over the written word has been virtually axiomatic. Scholars working at what is perceived as the core of linguistic science, on grammar, sociolinguistics, phonetics, phonology, have generally perceived the written word as merely the means of representing the true matter of linguistics, spoken language, with varying degrees of efficiency. Yet the written word has demonstrably shaped the course of languages, been the means of their maintenance or, under different circumstances, their downfall. Written language has been the means of holding speech communities together. Speech communities have become writing communitie...
Colloquial Latvian
This new edition of Colloquial Latvian has been completely rewritten to make learning Latvian easier and more enjoyable than ever before! Specially written by experienced teachers for self-study or class use, the course offers a step-by-step approach to written and spoken Latvian. No prior knowledge of the language is required. What makes Colloquial Latvian your best choice in personal language learning? interactive – lots of exercises for regular practice clear – concise grammar notes practical – useful vocabulary and pronunciation guide complete – including answer key and reference section. By the end of this rewarding course, you will be able to communicate confidently and effectively in Latvian in a broad range of everyday situations. Audio material to accompany the course is available to download free in MP3 format from www.routledge.com/cw/colloquials. Recorded by native speakers, the audio material features the dialogues and texts from the book and will help develop your listening and pronunciation skills.
Colloquial Latvian
Colloquial Latvianis a practical course in everyday written and spoken Latvian requiring no prior knowledge of the language. This book is ideal for study independently or with a teacher. Cassettes recorded by native Latvian speakers are also available. This paperback in the Colloquial Language Learning Series is available individually here or as part of a cassette pack. To purchase the bookandthe cassettes, please refer to the cassette pack listing for this language.
Colloquial Estonian
This book offers lots of exercises for regular practice, concise grammar notes, useful vocabulary and pronunciation guide. By the end you will be able to communicate confidently and effectively in Estonian in a broad range of everyday situations.
The Descendants of William Moseley, 1605/1606-1655 of Norfolk, Va
William Moseley was born in England about 1605. He came to Virginia where he married Susannah Burnet and they were the parents of two children. Susannah was married before and she had another daughter. Information on many of their descendants is given in these volumes. Descendants now live in New Jersey, Washington, Virginia, Indiana, and elsewhere in the United States.
On Becoming Bilingual
On Becoming Bilingual: Children’s Experiences across Homes, Schools, and Communities provides a theoretical and methodological introduction to research on children’s participation in and across a multiplicity of activities where they display complex linguistic and sociocultural knowledge. From a perspective that engages intersections of language, race, and class, the book reviews foundational and recent studies highlighting innovations, trends, and future directions for research. The book offers a helpful set of resources, including guiding questions at the start of each chapter, links to online and bibliographic sources, discussion questions and activities, and a glossary of key terms. This book is intended for scholars and students in language-oriented fields of study who are interested in learning about how bilingual children engage with, negotiate, and transform their social worlds.
