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Revivalistics : from the Genesis of Israeli to language reclamation in Australia and beyond / Ghil'ad Zuckermann.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Zuckermann, Ghil'ad, author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Language revival--Case studies.
- Language revival.
- Hebrew language--Revival.
- Hebrew language.
- Barngarla language--Revival.
- Barngarla language.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (352 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, [2020]
- Summary:
- This seminal book introduces revivalistics, a new trans-disciplinary field of enquiry surrounding language reclamation, revitalization and reinvigoration. The book is divided into two main parts that represent Zuckermann's fascinating and multifaceted journey into language revival, from the 'Promised Land' (Israel) to the 'Lucky Country' (Australia) and beyond. The how includes practical, nitty-gritty methods for reclaiming 'sleeping beauties' such as the Barngarla Aboriginal language of Eyre Peninsula, South Australia, e.g. using what Zuckermann calls talknology (talk+technology). The why includes ethical, aesthetic, and utilitarian reasons such as improving wellbeing and mental health.
- Contents:
- The Hebrew reclamation : myth and reality
- 'Nother tongue : subconscious cross-fertilization between Hebrew and its revivalists' mother tongues
- Defying religion and deifying nationhood : conscious ideological secularization of Hebrew terms
- Realistic prescriptivism : the Hebrew language academy and the native speaker
- Shift happens : tarbutomics, Israeli culturomics
- 'Stop, revive, survive' : revivalistics from the 'promised land' to the 'lucky country'
- Talknology in the service of the Barngarla language reclamation
- Native tongue title : compensation for linguicide
- Our ancestors are happy : language revival and mental health.
- Notes:
- Also issued in print: 2020.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-009704-3
- 0-19-009703-5
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