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The rapid endangerment and death of many minority languages across the world is a matter of widespread concern, not only among linguists and anthropologists but among all concerned with issues of cultural identity in an increasingly globalized culture. By some counts, only 600 of the 6,000 or so languages in the world are 'safe' from the threat of extinction. A leading commentator and popular writer on language issues, David Crystal asks the fundamental question, 'why is language death so important?', reviews the reasons for the current crisis, and investigates what is being done to reduce its impact. This book contains not only intelligent argument, but moving descriptions of the decline and demise of particular languages, and practical advice for anyone interested in pursuing the subject further.

Language obsolescence. --- Language and languages --- Language death --- Obsolescence of languages --- Historical linguistics --- Sociolinguistics --- Endangered languages --- Extinct languages --- Obsolescence --- Language obsolescence

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Research into the “grammar of language death” is often biased toward formal processes (e.g. paradigmatic levelling). In this study the author changes the perspective and shows that the relative susceptibility of linguistic elements to loss, change and innovation in language death circumstances can be dependent on meaning and thus organized along semantic notions rather than along structure.

Modality (Linguistics) --- Grammar, Comparative and general --- Language obsolescence. --- Semantics --- Finnic languages --- Mood. --- History. --- Modality. --- Language obsolescence --- Formal semantics --- Semasiology --- Semiology (Semantics) --- Language and languages --- Language death --- Obsolescence of languages --- Mode (Grammar) --- Mood (Grammar) --- Mood --- History --- Obsolescence --- E-books --- Comparative linguistics --- Information theory --- Lexicology --- Meaning (Psychology) --- Historical linguistics --- Sociolinguistics --- Endangered languages --- Extinct languages --- Linguistics --- Verb --- Philology --- Finnic Languages. --- Language Death.

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The rapid decline in the world's linguistic diversity has prompted the emergence of documentary linguistics. While documentary linguistics aims primarily at creating a durable, accessible and comprehensive record of languages, it has also been a driving force in developing language annotation and analysis software, archiving architecture, improved fieldwork methodologies, and new standards in data accountability and accessibility. More recently, researchers have begun to recognize the immense potential available in the archived data as a source for linguistic analysis, so that the field has become of increasing importance for typologists, but also for neighbouring disciplines. The present volume contains contributions by practitioners of language documentation, most of whom have been involved in the Volkswagen Foundation's DoBeS programme (Dokumentation Bedrohter Sprachen). The topics covered in the volume reflect a field that has matured over the last decade and includes both retrospective accounts as well as those that address new challenges: linguistic annotation practice, fieldwork and interaction with speech communities, developments and challenges in archiving digital data, multimedia lexicon applications, corpora from endangered languages as a source for primary-data typology, as well as specific areas of linguistic analysis that are raised in documentary linguistics.

Sociolinguistics --- Endangered languages --- Language obsolescence. --- Langues menacées --- Langage et langues --- Disparition --- Language death --- Obsolescence of languages --- Obsolescence --- Language and languages. --- Language and languages --- Historical linguistics --- Extinct languages --- Foreign languages --- Languages --- Anthropology --- Communication --- Ethnology --- Information theory --- Meaning (Psychology) --- Philology --- Linguistics

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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.

Language and languages --- Language obsolescence --- Language death --- Obsolescence of languages --- Historical linguistics --- Sociolinguistics --- Endangered languages --- Extinct languages --- Foreign languages --- Languages --- Anthropology --- Communication --- Ethnology --- Information theory --- Meaning (Psychology) --- Philology --- Linguistics --- Obsolescence --- LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General --- Arts and Humanities --- Language & Linguistics

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Language and languages --- Language obsolescence --- Foreign languages --- Languages --- Anthropology --- Communication --- Ethnology --- Information theory --- Meaning (Psychology) --- Philology --- Linguistics --- Language death --- Obsolescence of languages --- Historical linguistics --- Sociolinguistics --- Endangered languages --- Extinct languages --- Obsolescence