Endangered Languages

Endangered LanguagesBy: Evangelia Adamou Series: The MIT Press Essential Knowledge series A concise, accessible introduction to language endangerment and why it is one of the most urgent challenges of our times. 58% of the worlds languagesor, approximately 4,000 languagesare endangered. When we break this figure down, we realize that roughly ten percent of languages have fewer than ten language keepers. And, if one language stops being used every three months, this means

her training to become a Taoist nun

「家事案件永遠都沒有正確答案。」

Crowded Out demonstrates how crowdfunding for health is fueled by—and further reinforces—financial and moral “toxicities” in market-based healthcare systems

this forceful polemic explores the staggering human cost of the Industrial Revolution in Victorian England

until an ominous attack forces them back to her childhood home

Andrew Motion and Stephen Regan trace the history of this tradition

forces to find and assassinate bin Laden in Afghanistan

clearly and entertainingly

With lots to spot and talk about

By: Mary Hoffman     To mark the 20th anniversary of the publication of Amazing Grace

Introductory notes and beautiful

更療癒了許多陷入低潮的人們。