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Variation, contact, and reconstruction in the ancient Indo-European languages : between linguistics and philology
This book reflects the vibrancy of historical linguistics, showing how research on ancient Indo-European languages contributes to the understanding of the principles and patterns of language organization and change, including studies on typologically natural tendencies and cognitive universals.
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Ancient Indo-European languages between linguistics and philology : contact, variation, and reconstruction
This volume contains a new and up-to date selection of case studies which offer new insights on various topics in Indo-European linguistics, with a focus on contact, variation, and reconstruction, and with methods that straddle the divide between Linguistics and Philology.
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Susa and Elam. Archaeological, Philological, Historical and Geographical Perspectives
Through archaeological, philological, historical and geographical contributions, this volume offers an overview of the present research in the socio-economic, historical and political developments of the Suso-Elamite region from prehistoric times until the great Persian Empire.
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From the 21st Century B.C. to the 21st Century A.D
This volume collects the proceedings of a three-day conference held in Madrid in July 2010, and it highlights the vitality of the study of late-third-millennium B.C. Mesopotamia. Workshops devoted to the Ur III period have been a feature of the Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale roughly every other year, beginning in London in 2003. In 2009, Steve Garfinkle and Manuel Molina asked the community of Neo-Sumerian scholars to convene the following year in Madrid before the Rencontre in Barcelona. The meeting had more than 50 participants and included 8 topical sessions and 27 papers. The 21 contributions included in this volume cover a broad range of topics: new texts, new interpretations, and new understandings of the language, culture, and history of the Ur III period (2112–2004 B.C.).
The present and future of Neo-Sumerian studies are important not only for the field of Assyriology but also for wider inquiries into the ancient world. The extant archives offer insight into some of the earliest cities and one of the earliest kingdoms in the historical record. The era of the Third Dynasty of Ur is also probably the best-attested century in antiquity. This imposes a responsibility on the small community of scholars who work on the Neo-Sumerian materials to make this it accessible to a broad, interdisciplinary audience in the humanities and related fields. This volume is a solid step in this direction.
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Endangered languages and languages in danger : issues of documentation, policy, and language rights
This peer-reviewed collection brings together the latest research on language endangerment and language rights. It creates a vibrant, interdisciplinary platform for the discussion of the most pertinent and urgent topics central to vitality and equality of languages in today’s globalised world. The novelty of the volume lies in the multifaceted view on the variety of dangers that languages face today, such as extinction through dwindling speaker populations and lack of adequate preservation policies or inequality in different social contexts (e.g. access to justice, education and research resources). There are examples of both loss and survival, and discussion of multiple factors that condition these two different outcomes. We pose and answer difficult questions such as whether forced interventions in preventing loss are always warranted or indeed viable. The emerging shared perspective is that of hope to inspire action towards improving the position of different languages and their speakers through research of this kind.
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From the 21st Century B. C. to the 21st Century A. D
No detailed description available for \"From the 21st Century B.C. to the 21st Century A.D.\".
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From the 21st Century B.C. to the 21st Century A.D
This volume collects the proceedings of a three-day conference
held in Madrid in July 2010, and it highlights the vitality of the
study of late-third-millennium B.C. Mesopotamia. Workshops devoted
to the Ur III period have been a feature of the Rencontre
Assyriologique Internationale roughly every other year, beginning
in London in 2003. In 2009, Steve Garfinkle and Manuel Molina asked
the community of Neo-Sumerian scholars to convene the following
year in Madrid before the Rencontre in Barcelona. The meeting had
more than 50 participants and included 8 topical sessions and 27
papers. The 21 contributions included in this volume cover a broad
range of topics: new texts, new interpretations, and new
understandings of the language, culture, and history of the Ur III
period (2112-2004 B.C.).
The present and future of Neo-Sumerian studies are important not
only for the field of Assyriology but also for wider inquiries into
the ancient world. The extant archives offer insight into some of
the earliest cities and one of the earliest kingdoms in the
historical record. The era of the Third Dynasty of Ur is also
probably the best-attested century in antiquity. This imposes a
responsibility on the small community of scholars who work on the
Neo-Sumerian materials to make this it accessible to a broad,
interdisciplinary audience in the humanities and related fields.
This volume is a solid step in this direction.
eBook
Language death : factual and theoretical explorations with special reference to East Africa
No detailed description available for \"Language Death\".
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Language death and language maintenance : theoretical, practical and descriptive approaches
Languages are dying at an alarming rate all over the world. Estimates range from 50% to as much as 90% by the end of the century. This collection of original papers tries to strike a balance between theoretical, practical and descriptive approaches to language death and language maintenance. It provides overviews of language endangerment in Africa, Eurasia, and the Greater Pacific Area. It also presents case studies of endangered languages from various language families. These descriptive case studies not only provide data on the degree of endangerment and the causes of language death, but also provide a general sociolinguistic and typological characterization the language(s) under discussion and the prospects of language maintenance (if any). The volume will be of interest to all those concerned with the ongoing extinction of the world's linguistic diversity.
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