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- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 What is language death?
- 2 Why should we care?
- 3 Why do languages die?
- 4 Where do we begin?
- 5 What can be done?
- Appendix Some relevant organizations
- References
- Index of dialects, languages, language families, and ethnic groups
- Index of authors and speakers
- Subject index
- References
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 What is language death?
- 2 Why should we care?
- 3 Why do languages die?
- 4 Where do we begin?
- 5 What can be done?
- Appendix Some relevant organizations
- References
- Index of dialects, languages, language families, and ethnic groups
- Index of authors and speakers
- Subject index
- References
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- Language Death , pp. 225 - 240Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2014
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