Can Threatened Languages Be Saved

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Can Threatened Languages Be Saved

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Author : Joshua A. Fishman
language : en
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Release Date : 2001-01-01

Can Threatened Languages Be Saved written by Joshua A. Fishman and has been published by Multilingual Matters this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-01-01 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.

Defenders of threatened languages all over the world, from advocates of biodiversity to dedicated defenders of their own cultural authenticity, are often humbled by the dimensity of the task that they are faced with when the weak and the few seek to find a safe-harbour against the ravages of the strong and the many. This book provides both practical case studies and theoretical directions from all five continents and advances thereby the collective pursuit of "reversing language shift" for the greater benefit of cultural democracy everywhere.

Reversing Language Shift

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Author : Joshua A. Fishman
language : en
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Release Date : 1991-01-01

Reversing Language Shift written by Joshua A. Fishman and has been published by Multilingual Matters this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991-01-01 with Psychology categories.

This book is about the theory and practice of assistance to speech-communities whose native languages are threatened because their intergenerational continuity is proceeding negatively, with fewer and fewer speakers (or readers, writers and even understanders) every generation.

The Cambridge Handbook Of Endangered Languages

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Author : Peter K. Austin
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2011-03-24

The Cambridge Handbook Of Endangered Languages written by Peter K. Austin and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-03-24 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.

It is generally agreed that about 7,000 languages are spoken across the world today and at least half may no longer be spoken by the end of this century. This state-of-the-art Handbook examines the reasons behind this dramatic loss of linguistic diversity, why it matters, and what can be done to document and support endangered languages. The volume is relevant not only to researchers in language endangerment, language shift and language death, but to anyone interested in the languages and cultures of the world. It is accessible both to specialists and non-specialists: researchers will find cutting-edge contributions from acknowledged experts in their fields, while students, activists and other interested readers will find a wealth of readable yet thorough and up-to-date information.

Language Maintenance And Shift

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Author : Anne Pauwels
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2016-08-18

Language Maintenance And Shift written by Anne Pauwels and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-08-18 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.

A comprehensive discussion of the key aspects of this important sub-field of language contact and multilingualism studies.

Revitalizing Endangered Languages

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Author : Justyna Olko
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2021-04-29

Revitalizing Endangered Languages written by Justyna Olko and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-04-29 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.

Written by leading international scholars and activists, this guidebook provides ideas and strategies to support language revitalization.

Can Schools Save Indigenous Languages

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Author : N. Hornberger
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2008-04-01

Can Schools Save Indigenous Languages written by N. Hornberger and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-04-01 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.

This volume offers a close look at four cases of indigenous language revitalization: Maori in Aotearoa/New Zealand, Saami in Scandinavia, Hñähñö in Mexico and Quechua and other indigenous languages in Latin America. Essays by experts from each case are in turn discussed in international perspective by four counterpart experts.

Endangered Languages

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Author : Lenore A. Grenoble
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1998-03-26

Endangered Languages written by Lenore A. Grenoble and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998-03-26 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.

This book provides an overview of the issues surrounding language loss. It brings together work by theoretical linguists, field linguists, and non-linguist members of minority communities to provide an integrated view of how language is lost, from sociological and economic as well as from linguistic perspectives. The contributions to the volume fall into four categories. The chapters by Dorian and Grenoble and Whaley provide an overview of language endangerment. Grinevald, England, Jacobs, and Nora and Richard Dauenhauer describe the situation confronting threatened languages from both a linguistic and sociological perspective. The understudied issue of what (beyond a linguistic system) can be lost as a language ceases to be spoken is addressed by Mithun, Hale, Jocks, and Woodbury. In the last section, Kapanga, Myers-Scotton, and Vakhtin consider the linguistic processes which underlie language attrition.

The Green Book Of Language Revitalization In Practice

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Author : Leanne Hinton
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013

The Green Book Of Language Revitalization In Practice written by Leanne Hinton and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Language revival categories.

With world-wide environmental destruction and globalization of economy, a few languages, especially English, are spreading, while thousands others are disappearing, taking with them cultural, philosophical and environmental knowledge systems and oral literatures. This book serves as a manual of effective practices in language revitalization. This book was previously published by Academic Press under ISBN 978-01-23-49354-5.

Policy And Planning For Endangered Languages

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Author : Mari C. Jones
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2019-03-28

Policy And Planning For Endangered Languages written by Mari C. Jones and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-03-28 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.

Language policy issues are imbued with a powerful symbolism that is often linked to questions of identity, with the suppression or failure to recognise and support a given endangered variety representing a refusal to grant a 'voice' to the corresponding ethno-cultural community. This wide-ranging volume, which explores linguistic scenarios from across five continents, seeks to ignite the debate as to how and whether the interface between people, politics and language can affect the fortunes of endangered varieties. With chapters written by academics working in the field of language endangerment and members of indigenous communities on the frontline of language support and maintenance, Policy and Planning for Endangered Languages is essential reading for researchers and students of language death, sociolinguistics and applied linguistics, as well as community members involved in native language maintenance.

The Last Speakers

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Author : K. David Harrison
language : en
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Release Date : 2010-09-21

The Last Speakers written by K. David Harrison and has been published by National Geographic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-09-21 with Social Science categories.

Part travelogue and part scientist's notebook, The Last Speakers is the poignant chronicle of author K. David Harrison's expeditions around the world to meet with last speakers of vanishing languages. The speakers' eloquent reflections and candid photographs reveal little-known lifeways as well as revitalization efforts to teach disappearing languages to younger generations. Thought-provoking and engaging, this unique book illuminates the global language-extinction crisis through photos, graphics, interviews, traditional wisdom never before translated into English, and first-person essays that thrillingly convey the adventure of science and exploration.