Defenders of threatened languages all over the world, from advocates of biodiversity to dedicated defenders of their own cultural authenticity, are often humble

This book is about the theory and practice of assistance to speech-communities whose native languages are threatened because their intergenerational continuity

Part travelogue and part scientist's notebook, The Last Speakers is the poignant chronicle of author K. David Harrison's expeditions around the world to meet wi

A comprehensive discussion of the key aspects of this important sub-field of language contact and multilingualism studies.

The quest to save the words of a dying language - and to find the words to save what may be a dying friendship - lies at the heart of this exquisite verse novel