Language birth and death

Annual Review of Anthropology

Volumn 33, Issue , 2004, Pages 201-222

  Mufwene, Salikoko S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

"langue minor e"; Ecology; Exploitation colony; Language endangerment; Settlement colony

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL CHANGE; GLOBALIZATION; LANGUAGE;

EID: 9144253950     PISSN: 00846570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.anthro.33.070203.143852     Document Type: Article

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