Endangered Languages and New Technologies Jones Hardback 9781107049598

Endangered Languages and New Technologies\nby Mari C. Jones\nHardback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Mari C. Jones\nTitle: Endangered Languages and New Technologies\nFormat: Hardback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Historical and comparative linguistics\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press\nPublication year: 2014\nISBN-13: 9781107049598\nISBN-10: 1107049598\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nAt a time when many of the world''s languages are at risk of extinction, the imperative to document, analyse and teach them before time runs out is very great. At this critical time new technologies, such as visual and aural archiving, digitisation of textual resources, electronic mapping and social media, have the potential to play an integral role in language maintenance and revitalisation. Drawing on studies of.