Reversing Language Shift

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Reversing Language Shift
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Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Total Pages : 452
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ISBN-10 : 1853591211
ISBN-13 : 9781853591211
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Book Synopsis Reversing Language Shift by : Joshua A. Fishman

Book excerpt: This book is about the theory and practice of assistance to speech-communities whose native languages are threatened because their intergenerational continuity is proceeding negatively, with fewer and fewer speakers (or readers, writers and even understanders) every generation.


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