Books

Language death (Cambridge: CUP, 2000), x+198 pp. 0 521 65321 5; Spanish translation, 2001, La muerte de las lenguas (Madrid: Cambridge University Press), 218 pp. 84 8323 134 4; Galician translation, 2003, A morte das linguas (Vigo: Editorial Galaxia), 261 pp. 84 8288 622 3; Serbian translation, 2003, Smrt jezika (Belgrade: eke XX Vek), 262 pp. 86 7562 023 3; Lithuanian translation, 2005, Kalbos myrtis (Vilnius: Tyto alba), 204 pp. 9986 16 446 X

As they say in Zanzibar (London: HarperCollins, 2006)

Articles and contributions

Vanishing languages, Civilization (Library of Congress), Feb-Mar 1997, 40-45; reprinted in Annual Editions: Geography, 1998-9, 212-16

The language that took over the world. [not my title], The Guardian, 22 February 1997, 21. Reprinted in Spotlight (Germany), 7, 1997, 12-16 (+ cassette)

The death of language. Prospect, November, 56-9

Language death. Radio talk for Lingua Franca (Australian Broadcasting Corporation); reproduced on e-mesh ltd web site, Nov 2000, and adpated for Quicksilver (Spring 2001), 74-6

Death sentence.  The Guardian G2, 25 October 1999, 2-3; adaptation of Prospect article by The Guardian; further adaptation by Spotlight (March 2000) 14-20

Is Welsh safe? [t/s prepared for Rhodri Williams]

This man is worth Ł100,000 a year. [their title]. High Life (British Airways), June 2000, 104-8

Shooting languages. Celtic Film and Television Festival. Summary written for The Western Mail, 2000

Interview. Part 1, focusing on endangered languages, in New Routes 12, 2001, 6-8

Languages on the Web. Guardian Weekly, 25 January 2001

A language revolution: from reluctance to renaissance. Conflation of papers given to British Council conference in Cardiff, 30 September 2001 (on its Web site), and EYL World Language Day in Strasbourg, 26 September 2001 [part rewritten for Chapter 4 of The Language Revolution, 2004]

Revitalizing languages. Language Magazine, October 2002, 18-20 [Adaptation of ABC talk]

Crossing the great divide: language endangerment and public awareness. Keynote speech to the International Expert Meeting on Endangered Languages, UNESCO, Paris, 10 March 2003

Creating a world of languages. In FIPLV (International Federation of Language Teacher Associations), World News 61, December 2004, 22-35. (Contribution to Linguapax conference on Diversity, Sustainability and Peace, Barcelona, 20-23 May, 2004

Towards a philosophy of language diversity. Paper given to conference on 'Dialogue of Cultures', Reykjavik, 14 April 2005

Diversity? We ain't seen nothin' yet. Paper to the Fédération Internationale des Professeurs de Langues Vivantes Conference: 'Diversity in Language Learning and Teaching', Göteborg, 16 June 2006

Towards a philosophy of language management. Keynote paper at the conference 'Integrating Content and Language in Higher Education', Maastricht, 28 June 2006

The future starts here. Address on the occasion of the formal launch of The House of Languages, Barcelona, 11 July 2006

Revitalizing the Celtic languages. Journal of Celtic Language Learning 11, 5-19. [Paper to the XI Annual Conference of the North American Association for Celtic Language Teachers, University of Wales, Bangor, 11 June 2005]

What do we do with an International Year of Languages? Paper given to the UNESCOCat forum, Barcelona, European Languages Day, 26 September

Reviews

Review of Tore Janson, A Short History of Languages; Andrew Dalby, Language in Danger; John McWhorter, The Power of Babel THES, 14 June 2002, 25

Review of Daniel Nettle & Suszanne Romaine, Vanishing voices, THES, 9 February 2001