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The Cambridge handbook of endangered languages
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ISBN: 9780521882156 9780511975981 9781107552449 9781139081566 113908156X 9781139079280 113907928X 0511975988 9781139077002 1139077007 9781139136181 1139136186 052188215X 1316088278 1139062646 1283112957 9786613112958 113907475X 1139068989 1107552443 9781316088272 9781139062640 9781283112956 661311295X 9781139068987 Year: 2011 Publisher: Cambridge Cambridge University Press

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It is generally agreed that about 7,000 languages are spoken across the world today and at least half may no longer be spoken by the end of this century. This state-of-the-art Handbook examines the reasons behind this dramatic loss of linguistic diversity, why it matters, and what can be done to document and support endangered languages. The volume is relevant not only to researchers in language endangerment, language shift and language death, but to anyone interested in the languages and cultures of the world. It is accessible both to specialists and non-specialists: researchers will find cutting-edge contributions from acknowledged experts in their fields, while students, activists and other interested readers will find a wealth of readable yet thorough and up-to-date information.


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The encyclopedia of migration and minorities in Europe : from the 17th century to the present
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ISBN: 9781107614857 9780521895866 9780511781841 9781139009171 1139009176 9781139010221 1139010220 0511781849 0521895863 1139012746 128088665X 1139009702 9786613727961 1139008072 1107614856 Year: 2011 Publisher: New York, N.Y. Cambridge University Press

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Although migration and integration have become important concepts today as a result of globalization, migration movements, integration, and multiculturalism have always been part of the history of Europe. Few people realize how many ethnic groups participated in migration within Europe or into Europe and this ignorance has grave consequences for the social and political status of immigrants. Newly available to an English-speaking audience, this encyclopaedia presents a systematic overview of the existing scholarship regarding migration within and into Europe. The first section contains survey studies of the various regions and countries in Europe covering the last centuries. The second section presents information on about 220 individual groups of migrants from the Sephardic Jews emigration from Spain and Portugal in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries to the present-day migration of old-age pensioners to the holiday villages in the sun. The first resource of its kind, The Encyclopaedia of Migration and Minorities in Europe is a comprehensive and authoritative research tool.

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