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This revised second edition is a comprehensive overview of why we speak the languages that we do. It covers language learning imposed by political and economic

It is generally agreed that about 7,000 languages are spoken across the world today and at least half may no longer be spoken by the end of this century. This s

Language policy issues are imbued with a powerful symbolism that is often linked to questions of identity, with the suppression or failure to recognise and supp

An in-depth study of endangered language revitalisation, which assesses the implications of changing language attitudes for language campaigners and policy-make

Of the approximately 7,000 languages in the world, at least half may no longer be spoken by the end of the twenty-first century. Languages are endangered by a n