{"product_id":"words-of-wonder-isbn-9781119758754","title":"Words of Wonder","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA gripping and moving text which explores the wealth of human language diversity, how deeply it matters, and how we can best turn the tide of language endangerment\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the new, thoroughly revised second edition of \u003ci\u003eWords of Wonder: Endangered Languages and What They Tell Us, Second Edition\u003c\/i\u003e (formerly called \u003ci\u003eDying Words: Endangered Languages and What They Have to Tell Us\u003c\/i\u003e), renowned scholar Nicholas Evans delivers an accessible and incisive text covering the impact of mass language endangerment. The distinguished author explores issues surrounding the preservation of indigenous languages, including the best and most effective ways to respond to the challenge of recording and documenting fragile oral traditions while they’re still with us.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis latest edition offers an entirely new chapter on new developments in language revitalisation, including the impact of technology on language archiving, the use of social media, and autodocumentation by speakers. It also includes a number of new sections on how recent developments in language documentation give us a fuller picture of human linguistic diversity. Seeking to answer the question of why widespread linguistic diversity exists in the first place, the book weaves in portraits of individual “last speakers” and anecdotes about linguists and their discoveries. It provides access to a companion website with sound files and embedded video clips of various languages mentioned in the text. It also offers:  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e   \u003cli\u003eA thorough introduction to the astonishing diversity of the world’s languages\u003c\/li\u003e   \u003cli\u003eComprehensive exploration of how the study of living languages can help us understand deep human history, including the decipherment of unknown texts in ancient languages\u003c\/li\u003e   \u003cli\u003eDiscussions of the intertwining of language, culture and thought, including both fieldwork and experimental studies \u003c\/li\u003e   \u003cli\u003eAn introduction to the dazzling beauty and variety of oral literature across a range of endangered languages\u003c\/li\u003e   \u003cli\u003eIn-depth examinations of the transformative effect of new technology on language documentation and revitalisation\u003c\/li\u003e  \u003c\/ul\u003e  \u003cp\u003ePerfect for undergraduate and graduate students studying language endangerment and preservation and for any reader who wants to discover what the full diversity of the world’s languages has to teach us, \u003ci\u003eWords of Wonder: Endangered Languages and What They Tell Us, Second Edition\u003c\/i\u003e, will earn a place in the libraries of linguistics, anthropology, and sociology scholars with a professional or personal interest in endangered languages and in the full wealth of the world’s languages. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface to the Second Edition vi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments for the First Edition ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePrologue xiv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout the Companion Website xx\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I The Library of Babel 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Warramurrungunji’s Children 5\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Four Millennia to Tune In 24\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II a Great Feast of Languages 45\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 A Galapagos of Tongues 49\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Your Mind in Mine: Social Cognition in Grammar 70\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Faint Tracks in An Ancient Wordscape: Languages and Deep World History 83\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Sprung from Some Common Source 85\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Travels in the Logosphere: Hooking Ancient Words onto Ancient Worlds 105\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Keys to Decipherment: How Living Languages Can Unlock Forgotten Scripts 129\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV Ratchetting Up Each Other: the Coevolution of Language, Culture, and Thought 153\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Trellises of the Mind: How Language Trains Thought 157\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 What Verse and Verbal Art Can Weave 185\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V On the Brink 205\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e10 Listening While We Can 207\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VI Afterword 231\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEpilogue: In the Shade of the Casuarina 233\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOutro: Reawakening the Word 236\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eReferences 255\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMaps 280\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndex of Languages and Language Families 284\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndex 290\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNicholas Evans \u003c\/b\u003eis Distinguished Professor of Linguistics at the Australian National University and Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence for the Dynamics of Language and the Evolution of Cultural Diversity Initiative. He has published over 200 scientific publications, including nine monographs and nine edited books, and taught courses on linguistic typology, semantics, field methods, Australian and Papuan languages, and more.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for the Prior Edition:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“This is a wonderful book. Evans canvases many issues in the nature and culture of language, languages and linguistics and the relations between these studies and other disciplines, particularly cognitive science and archaeology. … This is story telling of the highest quality.” \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIain Davidson, \u003ci\u003eAboriginal History\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Evans’s book is one of the most penetrating and insightful works we have had on language for years. It does not deserve to be relegated to a specialist literature on language endangerment when its subject is the very essence of human language and its diversity: the life and growth of languages, not their death and demise.” \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNick Enfield, \u003ci\u003eCurrent Anthropology\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Of all the books on language disappearance that have appeared in the last decade, [it] is intellectually the most challenging and the most persuasive. Evans sets out to show why linguistic diversity is an essential part of what makes us human.” \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMark Abley,\u003ci\u003e Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The inherent beauty of these small languages is what shines through over all else in Evans’ writing … the best book I’ve yet seen in terms of its potential to persuade the broader public of the need to value endangered languages and to support the fight to keep them in daily use.” \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Harmon, \u003ci\u003eLanguage Documentation and Conservation\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the new, thoroughly revised second edition of\u003ci\u003e Words of Wonder: Endangered Languages and What They Tell Us \u003c\/i\u003e(formerly called \u003ci\u003eDying Words: Endangered Languages and What They Have to Tell Us\u003c\/i\u003e), renowned scholar Nicholas Evans addresses the impact of mass language endangerment on the world’s “Library of Babel.” He explores issues surrounding the preservation of indigenous languages including the most effective ways to respond to the challenges of recording and documenting fragile oral traditions while they’re still with us. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis latest edition includes an entirely new chapter on new developments in language revitalisation such as the impact of technology on language archiving, the use of social media, and autodocumentation by speakers. It also includes new sections on how recent innovations in language documentation give us a fuller picture of human linguistic diversity. Seeking to answer the question of why widespread linguistic diversity exists in the first place, the book weaves in portraits of individual “last speakers” and anecdotes about linguists and their discoveries. Readers will also have access to a companion website with sound files and embedded video clips of various languages mentioned in the text. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect for undergraduate and graduate students studying language endangerment and preservation and for any reader who wants to discover what the full diversity of the world’s languages has to teach us,\u003ci\u003e Words of Wonder: Endangered Languages and What They Tell Us, Second Edition, \u003c\/i\u003eis for all with a professional or personal interest in endangered languages and, beyond that, in the full wealth of the world’s tongues.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990504030437,"sku":"NP9781119758754","price":35.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781119758754.jpg?v=1761788094","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/words-of-wonder-isbn-9781119758754","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}