Museums of language and the display of intangible cultural heritage. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Margaret J-M. Sönmez, Maia Wellington Gahtan, Nadia Cannata.
• Editors: Cannata Salomone, Nadia; Gahtan, Maia W (Maia Wellington); Sönmez, Margaret J.-M
• Contents: 1. Introduction Maia Wellington Gahtan, Nadia Cannata, and Margaret J-M. Sönmez ; Part I: Museums of Individual Languages; 2. The Afrikaanse Taalmuseum en-Monument Michael Jonas ; 3. The Lithuanian Hearth Language Museum Jolanta Zabarskait ė ; 4. Sò n de Lenga: Espaci Occitan Museum of Occitan Language and Culture, Dronero, Italy Rosella Pellerino ; 5. The Adventurous World of the German Language in Köthen Castle Uta Seewald-Heeg and Julia Schinköthe ; 6. The English Project, Winchester, England Marcus Barrett ; 7. Dove il sì suona : A Journey Through the Italian Language Lucilla Pizzoli ; Part II Museums of Languages, Linguistics, and Language Groups; 8 . Operations at Mundolingua Mark Oremland ; 9. The Canadian Language Museum: Developing Travelling Exhibits Elaine Gold ; 10.The Ivar Aasen Centre, Ørsta, Norway: The Oldest Language Museum Ottar Grepstad ; 11. Esperanto and Planned Languages: The Aims of the Museum and Department Bernhard Tuider ; 12. Celebrating Languages and Multilingualism in the UK and Beyond: A Pop-Up Museum of Modern Languages for the UK Wendy Ayres-Bennett ; 13. Eurotales: A Museum of the Voices of Europe Nadia Cannata, Margaret J-M. Sönmez, and Maia Wellington Gahtan ; P art III: Museums of Writing; 14. Champollion, Writing Systems, and the Modern Installation in Figeac Stéphanie Lebreton ; 15. World Writing in a Museum Setting: A Korean Case of a National Museum Plan Jiyeon Yang and Junghwa Kim ; 16. The Ancient Chinese Writing System and Shanghai Museum’s Collection of Artifacts Liang Ge, translated by Mo Cheng ; 17. Language Museums in Change: Politics of Memory and Diversity of Language Ottar Grepstad
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 407.4; Language and languages -- Museums; Language and culture; Language maintenance; Museum exhibits
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780429958427; 9780429958434; 9780429958410; 9780429491610
• Related ISBNs: 9781138589483
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