Language diversity endangered / edited by Matthias Brenzinger.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Brenzinger, Matthias, 1957-

Series:

Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM]

Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs ; 181

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language attrition.

Sociolinguistics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (472 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book presents a comprehensive overview of endangered languages with a global coverage. It features such well-known specialists as Michael Krauss, Willem F. H. Adelaar, Denny Moore, Colette Grinevald, Akira Yamamoto, Roger Blench, Bruce Connell, Tapani Salminen, Olga Kazakevich, Aleksandr Kibrik, Jonathan Owens, David Bradley, George van Driem, Nicholas Evans, Stephen A. Wurm, Darrell Tryon and Matthias Brenzinger. The contributions are unique in analysing the present extent and the various kinds of language endangerment by applying shared general indicators for the assessment of language endangerment. Apart from presenting the specific situations of language endangerment at the sub-continental level, the volume discusses major issues that bear universally on language endangerment. The actual study of endangered languages is carefully examined, for example, against the ethics and pragmatics of fieldwork. Practical aspects of community involvement in language documentation are discussed, such as the setting up of local archives and the training of local linguists. Numerous case studies illustrate different language shift environments with specific replacing factors, such as colonial and religious conquests, migrations and governmental language education. The book is of interest to students and scholars of linguistics with particular focus on endangered languages (and their documentation), typology, and sociolinguistics as well as to anthropologists and language activists.

Contents:

Front matter

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Classification and Terminology for Degrees of Language Endangerment

Chapter 2. Threatened Languages in Hispanic South America

Chapter 3. Endangered Languages of Lowland Tropical South America

Chapter 4. Endangered Languages of Mexico and Central America

Chapter 5. Endangered Languages in USA and Canada

Chapter 6. Language Endangerment in Northern Africa

Chapter 7. Endangered Languages in West Africa

Chapter 8. Endangered Languages in Central Africa

Chapter 9. Language Endangerment in Southern and Eastern Africa

Chapter 10. Endangered Languages in Europe

Chapter 11. Language Endangerment in the CIS

Chapter 12. Endangered Languages of the Middle East

Chapter 13. Language Endangerment in China and Mainland Southeast Asia

Chapter 14. Endangered Languages of South Asia

Chapter 15. Warramurrungunji Undone: Australian Languages in the 51st Millennium

Chapter 16. Threatened Languages in the Western Pacific Area from Taiwan to, and Including, Papua New Guinea

Chapter 17. The Languages of the Pacific Region: the Austronesian Languages of Oceania

Backmatter

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9786612193705

9781282193703

1282193708

9783110197129

311019712X

OCLC:

433134121