Originally published: Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2003. Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-297) and index.
Contents:
The face of all the earth. Dreamers: languages in Northern Australia -- Constructing the world -- Unseen and unheard: Yuchi -- Dont Vori, Bi Khepi -- Leaving the grave: Manx -- The verbs of Boro -- The lion's tongue: Provencal -- Melting at the edges -- The words that come before all else: Mohawk -- Humboldt's parrot -- Ways of escape: Yiddish -- Revival -- The iron of language: Welsh -- The face of all the earth.
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