02648nam 22006253u 450 991077731160332120230721031301.01-383-04089-31-281-14550-597866111455070-19-153289-41-4294-8710-0(CKB)1000000000413659(EBL)415983(OCoLC)476246213(SSID)ssj0000266709(PQKBManifestationID)11200833(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000266709(PQKBWorkID)10322807(PQKB)10823048(MiAaPQ)EBC415983(EXLCZ)99100000000041365920130418d2007|||| u|| |engtxtccrThe Vanishing Languages of the Pacific Rim[electronic resource]Oxford Oxford University Press, UK20071 online resource (549 p.)Oxford linguistics The vanishing languages of the Pacific rimDescription based upon print version of record.0-19-926662-X Contents; The Background to This Volume; PART I: Diversity, Endangerment, and Documentation; PART II: Areal Surveys; The Authors; Index of Subjects; Index of Place Names; Index of Names; Index of Languages and Language FamiliesThis book presents the first comprehensive survey of the languages of the Pacific rim, a vast region containing the greatest typological and genetic diversity in the world. As its languages decline and disappear, sometimes without trace, this rich linguistic heritage is rapidly eroding. Distinguished scholars report on the current state of the region's languages. Their analyses range from the regional to the local and focus on languages in a wide variety of social and ecological. settings. Together they make a compelling case for research throughout the region, and show how and where this needLanguage attritionLanguage revivalLanguage attritionPacific AreaLanguage revivalPacific AreaLanguage attrition.Language revival.Language attritionLanguage revival409.1823409/.1823Miyaoka Osahito1483829Sakiyama Osamu1501676Krauss Michael E1501677AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910777311603321The Vanishing Languages of the Pacific Rim3728964UNINA