Disappearing, Inc.: Glimpsing the sublime in the politics of access to endangered languages

Language and Communication

Volumn 26, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 296-315

  Moore, Robert E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumption; J.P. Harrington (1884 1961); Language endangerment and revitalization; North American Indians; Wonder; Writing

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747622120     PISSN: 02715309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.langcom.2006.02.009     Document Type: Article

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