Language City
Winner of the British Academy Book Prize 2024
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Grove Press (Verlag)
978-1-80471-071-5 (ISBN)
Grove Press (Verlag)
978-1-80471-071-5 (ISBN)
A captivating portrait of contemporary New York City, the most linguistically diverse place ever to have existed on the planet, told through six speakers of little-known and overlooked languages.
WINNER OF THE BRITISH ACADEMY BOOK PRIZE 2024
Half of all 7,000-plus human languages may disappear over the next century and - because many have never been recorded - when they're gone, it will be forever. Ross Perlin, a linguist and co-director of the Endangered Language Alliance, is racing against time to map little-known languages across the most linguistically diverse city in history: contemporary New York.
In Language City, Perlin recounts the unique history of immigration that shaped the city, and follows six remarkable yet ordinary speakers of endangered languages deep into their communities to learn how they are maintaining and reviving their languages against overwhelming odds. Perlin also dives deep into their languages, taking us on a fascinating tour of unusual grammars, rare sounds and powerful cultural histories from all around the world.
Both remarkable social history and testament to the importance of linguistic diversity, Language City is a joyful and illuminating exploration of a city and the world that made it.
WINNER OF THE BRITISH ACADEMY BOOK PRIZE 2024
Half of all 7,000-plus human languages may disappear over the next century and - because many have never been recorded - when they're gone, it will be forever. Ross Perlin, a linguist and co-director of the Endangered Language Alliance, is racing against time to map little-known languages across the most linguistically diverse city in history: contemporary New York.
In Language City, Perlin recounts the unique history of immigration that shaped the city, and follows six remarkable yet ordinary speakers of endangered languages deep into their communities to learn how they are maintaining and reviving their languages against overwhelming odds. Perlin also dives deep into their languages, taking us on a fascinating tour of unusual grammars, rare sounds and powerful cultural histories from all around the world.
Both remarkable social history and testament to the importance of linguistic diversity, Language City is a joyful and illuminating exploration of a city and the world that made it.
Ross Perlin is a linguist, writer and translator. He has written for the New York Times, the Guardian, Harper's and n+1 and the Endangered Language Alliance has been covered by the New York Times, the New Yorker, BBC, NPR and many others. He is also the author of Intern Nation.
Preface: The Limits of My Language I: Thousands of Natural Experiments 1: A Room on Eighteenth Street 2: A Home in Queens 3: A Snapshot of Babel 4: A Brief Guide to Radical Linguistics II: Past 1: Minority Port 2: Survivor City 3: Indigenous Metropolis 4: Global Microcosm III: Present 1: Rasmina (Seke) 2: Husniya (Wakhi) 3: Boris (Yiddish) 4: Ibrahima (N'ko) 5: Irwin (Nahuatl) 6: Karen (Lunaape / Lenape) IV: Future
| Erscheinungsdatum | 09.03.2024 |
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| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 129 x 198 mm |
| Gewicht | 370 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft |
| ISBN-10 | 1-80471-071-7 / 1804710717 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-80471-071-5 / 9781804710715 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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