Language diversity in the Pacific : endangerment and survival / edited by Denis Cunningham, D.E. Ingram, and Kenneth Sumbuk.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cunningham, Denis, 1951-

Ingram, D. E., 1939-

Sumbuk, Kenneth, 1965-

Series:

Multilingual matters ; 134.

Multilingual matters ; 134

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language and languages--Variation.

Language and languages.

Pacific Area--Languages.

Pacific Area.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (229 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Clevedon : Multilingual Matters, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Southwest Pacific from Southern China through Indonesia, Australia and the Pacific Islands constitutes the richest linguistic region of the world. That rich resource cannot be taken for granted. Some of its languages have already been lost; many more are under threat. The challenge is to describe the languages that exist today and to adopt policies that will support their maintenance.

Contents:

Front matter

Dedication to Professor Stephen A. Wurm

Contents

Foreword

Editors’ Note

1. Language Diversity in the Pacific: Endangerment and Survival: An Overview

2. World Languages Review: Some Data

3. Naming Languages, Drawing Language Boundaries and Maintaining Languages with Special Reference to the Linguistic Situation in Papua New Guinea

4. Obstacles to Creating an Inventory of Languages in Indonesia: A Dialectology Perspective

5. Keeping Track of Indigenous Language Endangerment in Australia

6. Papua New Guinea’s Languages: Will They Survive?

7. Language Endangerment and Globalisation in the Pacific

8. Endangered Languages of China and South-East Asia

9. On the Edge of the Pacific: Indonesia and East Timor

10. The Future of the Languages of Vanuatu and New Caledonia

11. Trends and Shifts in Community Language Use in Australia, 1986–1996

12. Directions for Linguistic Research: Forging Partnerships in Language Development and Expansion of the Domains of Use of Australia’s Indigenous Languages

13. The Contribution of Language Education to the Maintenance and Development of Australia’s Language Resources

14. Globalisation, Languages and Technology: Some Recommendations

The Contributors

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786610501762

9781280501760

1280501766

9781853598685

1853598682

OCLC:

475970756