Linguistics

Catalogs the distinct tongues that are in danger of disappearing.

A set of detailed accounts about the kind of work that is going on now as people struggle for their linguistic survival; also serves as a manual of effective practices in language revitalization.

Provides a state-of-the-art overview of current work in defining, documenting, and developing the world's smaller languages and language varieties.

A manual for students of all languages, complete with exercises that can be done in the most ordinary of settings.

Showcases recent developments in methodology, technology and analysis, drawing on experience gained in a global range of documentation projects; illustrates the significance of documentary linguistics not only as a set of documentary practices, but as a scientific discipline in its own right.

Includes six studies on the acquisition of Mesoamerican indigenous languages and a crosslinguistic study of five Mayan languages; makes important claims regarding the methodology of cross-linguistic studies as well as the results of these studies and the comparative method used in the book.

Guides readers through different aspects of the study of Amerindian languages and societies.

Provides a comprehensive picture of the theory and practice of Native American lexicography.

A lively and factual account of the rise of English as a global language and explores the whys and wherefores of the history, current status and future potential of English as the international language of communication.

Provides a showcase of the diverse and powerful impacts that English has had on so many non-English language cultures - as well as the ways in which it can infiltrate individual psyches.

Addresses language spread and subsequent marginalization of minority languages, language endangerment and revitalization, contact-induced language change, and identity issues, with an emphasis on the dominance of non-Western languages, namely Arabic, Chinese, and Russian.