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World Languages Review

UNESCO ETXEA

With an extraordinary ability to combine empirical data and strategic recommendations, this review of the urgent necessity to protect linguistic diversity is both a fascinating and accessible work of reference. It is also a manifesto for responsible action, so that we do not loose more of our common humanity in the name of so-called progress and globalised modernity. The authors, UNESCO ETXEA and Multilingual Matters have made an important contribution to the understanding of one of the major issues of this and coming decades. Colin H Williams, Cardiff University

Description
World Languages Review aims to examine the sociolinguistic situation of the world: to describe the linguistic diversity that currently characterizes humanity, to evaluate trends towards linguistic uniformity, and to establish a set of guidelines or language planning measures that favour the weaker or more endangered linguistic communities, so that anyone engaged in language planning -government officials, institution leaders, researchers, and community members- can implement these measures.

Contents
Acknowledgements/ Prologue/ Introduction
1. Linguistic Communities
2. The Linguistic Heritage
3. The Official Status of Languages
4. The Use of Languages In The Administration
5. Language and Writing
6. Language and Education
7. Languages and the Media
8. Language and Religion
9. Transmission and Intergenerational Use of Language
10. Linguistic Attitudes
11. The Threats to Languages
12. The Future of Languages
Appendixes: References/ Web References/ List of Informants/ Subject Index/ Index of Languages, Families and Varieties/ Survey

Editor information
Fèlix Martí.. Director of the UNESCO Centre of Catalonia (1984-2002) and President of the UNESCO Advisory Committee on Linguistic Pluralism and Multilingual Education (1999-2003). Paul Ortega. Former director of UNESCO Etxea-UNESCO Centre of the Basque Country. Secretary General of Pax Romana ICMICA since October 2004. Itziar Idiazabal. Professor at the University of the Basque Country (UPV-EHU).
Andoni Barreña. Professor at the University of Salamanca. Patxi Juaristi. Professor at the University of the Basque Country (UPV-EHU). Carme Junyent, Professor at the University of Barcelona. Belen Uranga. Coordinator of the survey carried out for World Languages Review. Estibaliz Amorrortu. Professor, University of Deusto.

Bilingual Education and Bilingualism 225x170mm July 2005 344pp
Hbk ISBN 1-85359-827-5/EAN 978-185359-827-2 £49.95 / US$89.95/ CAN$119.95
Ebook ISBN 1-85359-828-3/ EAN 978-185359-828-9 £49.95 / US$89.95/ CAN$119.95

Subject (BIC): Sociolinguistics (CFB), Bilingualism and multilingualism (CFDM)
Level: General/ Undergraduate/ Postgraduate/ Research Territory: World
MM Subject interests: 100, 110 MM Series: Bilingual Education & Bilingualism