“When Languages Die“ author/linguist K. David Harrison

Informative conversation with K. David Harrison, assistant professor of linguistics at Swarthmore College near Philadelphia and the author of the new book “When Languages Die: The Extinction of the World’s Languages and the Erosion of Human Knowledge“. He is the Director of Research at the Living Tongues Institute and was recently featured in the documentary called “The Linguists“ which followed hands-on linguistic field work in countries around the world...