Evans, Nicholas,  1956- <br/><br/>
Dying words :  endangered languages and what they have to tell us / 
Nicholas Evans. 
 - Chichester, U.K. ;  Malden, MA :  Wiley-Blackwell,  2010. 
 - xxii, 287 p. :  ill., maps ;  25 cm. 
 - The language library .
 - Language library. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-269) and indexes. 
<br/><br/>A note on the presentation of linguistic material -- Warramurrungunji's children -- Four millennia to tune In -- A Galapagos of tongues -- Your mind in mine : social cognition in grammar -- Sprung from some common sSource -- Travels in the logosphere : hooking ancient words onto ancient worlds -- Keys to decipherment : how living languages can unlock forgotten scripts -- Trellises of the mind : how language trains thought -- What verse and verbal art can weave -- Renewing the word -- Epilogue : Sitting in the dust, standing in the sky. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780631233053 (alk. paper) 9780631233060 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0631233059 (alk. paper) 0631233067 (pbk. : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2008044645 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Endangered languages.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>P40.5.E53  / E93 2010 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>408.9