“At a Loss for Words“, on endangered languages in general and Sally Thomason’s fieldwork on the Salish-Pend d’Oreille language in particular, has just appeared in the December 2007/January 2008 issue of Natural History magazine.  The article discusses reasons for the imminent demise of this language and of 50% or more of the world’s other 6,000 (or so) languages, and reasons why even non-linguists should care about this disastrous situation.

 

 

This entry was posted on Monday, December 3rd, 2007 at 3:48 pm and is filed under Language Documentation, Publications.