But few realize that bound up with the loss of language is loss of knowledge about our environment. This book documents the complex interrelationships between the Earth's linguistic, cultural and biological diversity.

The story of Inflate, firm making inflated plastic products.

Based on extensive research and field work by the authors in communities in the United States and Mexico, the book explores ways in which the cultural and linguistic resources of indigenous communities can enrich the language and literacy ...

Research on Language Rights has produced an enormous--and unwieldy--corpus of literature.

First Book-Length Study Of The History Of Language Teaching And Learning Among South Asian Muslims. This Engaging And Highly Informative Book Is Indispensable For Any One Working In The Field Of Pakistani Language And Culture.

His interconnected discussion explores the works of Voltaire, A.O. Lovejoy, Darwin, Wittgenstein, William James, Dobzhansky, and many others to explain why everyone must be concerned about the loss of diversity.

Texts by leading scholars trace Turkic history & cultural development, while artefacts ranging from painting, sculpture, textiles, metalwork & ceramics reflect the artistic influences that the Turks assimilated.