Language Demography

<p><em>Language Demography</em> presents exemplifies and develops linguistic concepts involved in demography and the demographic concepts involved in sociolinguistics. </p><p>The first introductory guide of its kind it is presented in a way that is accessible to non-specialists. The book includes numerous examples of the sources and types of data used in this field as well as the various factors affecting language demography. Taking a global perspective supported by examples it gives explanations of how demolinguistic analyses are performed and their main applications in relation to minority and majority languages.</p><p>Language Demography will be of interest to students from a range of disciplinary backgrounds from linguistics and modern languages to sociology anthropology and human geography.</p>