02539nam 2200673 a 450 991082463770332120200520144314.01-383-04089-31-281-14550-597866111455070-19-153289-41-4294-8710-010.1093/oso/9780199266623.001.0001(CKB)1000000000413659(EBL)415983(OCoLC)476246213(SSID)ssj0000266709(PQKBManifestationID)11200833(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000266709(PQKBWorkID)10322807(PQKB)10823048(MiAaPQ)EBC415983(OCoLC)1406784771(StDuBDS)9781383040890(EXLCZ)99100000000041365920060814d2007 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrThe vanishing languages of the Pacific rim /edited by Osahito Miyaoka, Osamu Sakiyama and Michael E. Krauss1st ed.Oxford ;New York Oxford University Press20071 online resource (549 p.)Oxford linguisticsFormerly CIP.UkPreviously issued in print: 2007.0-19-926662-X Includes bibliographical references and indexes.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 FamiliesIn this work, the editors present a survey of the languages of the Pacific rim, a vast region containing the greatest typological and genetic diversity in the world. The analyses range from the regional to the local and focus on languages in a wide variety of social and ecological settings.Oxford linguistics.Language attritionPacific AreaLanguage revivalPacific AreaPacific AreaLanguagesLanguage attritionLanguage revival409/.1823Miyaoka Osahito1936-1716876Sakiyama Osamu1937-1758900Krauss Michael E.1934-1758901MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910824637703321The vanishing languages of the Pacific rim4197218UNINA