Peter Austin Interview

Endangered Languages Week 2011: Peter Austin Interview.

Armando Conte speaks with Peter Austin.

Armando Conte speaks with Peter Austin - a Professor of Linguistics at SOAS and Director of the Endangered Languages programme. They discuss factors which contribute to language endangerment and movements which have been taken to preserve languages in crisis. This includes an example of the decline...

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Full title: Peter Austin Interview [electronic resource].
Alternative titles: Endangered Languages Week 2011: Peter Austin Interview.
Armando Conte speaks with Peter Austin.
Format: Audio           
Language: English
Published: London : SOAS, University of London, 2011.
Series: SOAS Digital Library.
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Summary: Armando Conte speaks with Peter Austin - a Professor of Linguistics at SOAS and Director of the Endangered Languages programme. They discuss factors which contribute to language endangerment and movements which have been taken to preserve languages in crisis. This includes an example of the decline of Esperanto. Also Professor Austin gives a helpful outline of the objectives of the Endangered Languages project.
Language: English
Published: London : SOAS, University of London, 2011.
Subjects:
Series: SOAS Digital Library.
SOAS.
HRELP.
ILOAA.
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