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Autor/in | Sampat, Payal |
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Titel | Last Words: The Dying of Languages. |
Quelle | In: World Watch, 14 (2001) 3, S.34-41 |
Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
ISSN | 0896-0615 |
Schlagwörter | Anthropology; Cultural Awareness; Cultural Influences; Cultural Isolation; Languages; Linguistics; Social Studies |
Abstract | Discusses the problem of language extinction as cultural homogeneity spreads over the earth. Just 600 of the world's 6,800 languages are safe from extinction meaning that they are still being learned by children. Many anthropologists see the decline as analogous to biodiversity loss: it is a form of cultural impoverishment and a loss of our ability to understand the past. (PVD) |
Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |