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Sustaining linguistic diversity : endangered and minority languages and language varieties / Kendall A. King ... [et al.], editors.
- Format:
- Book
- Conference/Event
- Author/Creator:
- Georgetown University Round Table On Languages and Linguistics, Corporate Author.
- Conference Name:
- Georgetown University Round Table On Languages and Linguistics (2007).
- Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and Linguistics.
- Series:
- Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and Linguistics. Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and Linguistics.
- Georgetown University round table on languages and linguistics
- Georgetown University Round Table on Languages & Linguistics
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Language attrition.
- Linguistic minorities.
- Language revival.
- Language policy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (246 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, c2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In the last three decades the field of endangered and minority languages has evolved rapidly, moving from the initial dire warnings of linguists to a swift increase in the number of organizations, funding programs, and community-based efforts dedicated to documentation, maintenance, and revitalization. Sustaining Linguistic Diversity brings together cutting-edge theoretical and empirical work from leading researchers and practitioners in the field. Together, these contributions provide a state-of-the-art overview of current work in defining, documenting, and developing the world's smaller lang
- Contents:
- Linguistic diversity, sustainability, and the future of the past / Suzanne Romaine
- When is an "extinct language" not extinct? / Wesley Y. Leonard
- Evaluating endangerment / M. Paul Lewis
- Endangered language varieties / Gregory R. Guy and Ana M.S. Zilles
- The linguistic negotiation of complex racialized identities by Black Appalachian speakers / Christine Mallinson
- Working at "9 to 5" Gaelic / Emily McEwan-Fujita
- Voice and biliteracy in indigenous language revitalization / Nancy H. Hornberger
- Endangering language vitality through institutional development / Tadhg O'hfearnain
- Scandinavian minority language policies in transition / Leena Huss
- Language development in Eritrea / Paul D. Fallon
- Indigenous language policies in social practice / Teresa L. McCarty, Mary Eunice Romero-Little, and Ofelia Zepeda
- Heritage language education in the United States / Joy Kreeft Peyton ... [et al.]
- Language diversity and the public interest / Walt Wolfram.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9781461913740
- 1461913748
- 9781589014169
- 1589014162
- OCLC:
- 689995679
- Access Restriction:
- Open Access Unrestricted online access
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