Spoken here : travels among threatened languages / Mark Abley.
Spoken here : travels among threatened languages / Mark Abley.
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Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2003.
Date
2003.
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N417.7/27
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English
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322 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents
1. Patrick's Language -- 2. Dreamers: Languages in Northern Australia -- 3. Constructing the World -- 4. Unseen and Unheard: Yuchi -- 5. Dont Vori, Bi Khepi -- 6. Leaving the Grave: Manx -- 7. The Verbs of Boro -- 8. The Lion's Tongue: Provencal -- 9. Melting at the Edges -- 10. The Words That Come...
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Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2003.
Place of Publication
Massachusetts
Date Published
2003.
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"Abley encounters one of the last two speakers of an Australian language whose tribal taboos forbid them to talk to each other. He spotlights those who believe that violence is the only way to save their tongue. He meets a Yiddish novelist who writes for an audience she knows doesn't exist. He pays tribute to such strange tongues as the Amazonian l...
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Spoken here : travels among threatened languages / Mark Abley.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N417.7/27
Record Identifier
74VvxvaOxr0X
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvxvaOxr0X
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ISBN
009946022X
061823649X
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417.7
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991016693479702626
