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1、ThispageintentionallyleftblankLanguagedeathTherapidendangermentanddeathofmanyminoritylanguagesacrosstheworldisamatterofwidespreadconcern,notonlyamonglinguistsandanthropologistsbutamongallconcernedwithissuesofculturalidentityinanincreasinglyglobalizedculture.Aleadingcommen

2、tatorandpopularwriteronlanguageissues,DavidCrystalasksthefundamentalquestion,‘Whyislanguagedeathsoimportant?’,reviewsthereasonsforthecurrentcrisisandinvestigateswhatisbeingdonetoreduceitsimpact.Bysomecounts,only600ofthe6,000orsolanguagesintheworldare‘safe’fromthethreatofe

3、xtinction.Onsomereckonings,theworldwill,bytheendofthetwenty-firstcentury,bedominatedbyasmallnumberofmajorlanguages.Languagedeathprovidesastimulatingandaccessibleaccountofthiscrisis,brimmingwithsalutaryandthought-provokingfactsandfiguresaboutaphenomenonwhich–likethelarge-sca

4、ledestructionoftheenvironment–isbothpeculiarlymodernandincreasinglyglobal.Thebookcontainsnotonlyintelligentargument,butmovingdescriptionsofthedeclineanddemiseofparticularlanguages,andpracticaladviceforanyoneinterestedinpursuingthesubjectfurther.isoneoftheworld

5、’sforemostauthoritiesonlanguage.HeisauthorofthehugelysuccessfulCambridgeencyclopediaoflanguage(1987;secondedition1997),CambridgeencyclopediaoftheEnglishlanguage(1995)andEnglishasagloballanguage(1997).Aninternationallyrenownedwriter,journaleditor,lecturer,andbroadcaster,Pr

6、ofessorCrystalreceivedanOBEin1995forhisservicestothestudyandteachingoflanguage.HeisalsoeditorofTheCambridgeencyclopedia(1990;secondedition1994;thirdedition1997;fourthedition2000),TheCambridgepaperbackencyclopedia(1993;secondedition1995;thirdedition1999),TheCambridgebiogra

7、phicalencyclopedia(1994;secondedition1997),andTheCambridgefactfinder(1994;secondedition1997;thirdedition1998;fourthedition2000).LanguagedeathDAVIDCRYSTALCambridge,NewYork,Melbourne,Madrid,CapeTown,Singapore,SãoPauloCambridgeUniversityPressTheEdinbur

8、ghBuilding,Cambridge,UnitedKingdomPublishedintheUnitedStatesbyCambridgeUniversityPress,New