Endangered Languages and Languages in Danger : Issues of documentation, policy, and language rights / Luna Filipović, Martin Pütz. Volume 42.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Filipović, Luna, editor.

Pütz, Martin, 1955- editor.

Series:

IMPACT: Studies in Language, Culture and Society.

IMPACT: Studies in Language, Culture and Society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language arts.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 pages).

Other Title:

Knowledge Unlatched.

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2016.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

This peer-reviewed collection brings together the latest research on language endangerment and language rights. It creates a vibrant, interdisciplinary platform for the discussion of the most pertinent and urgent topics central to vitality and equality of languages in today's globalised world. The novelty of the volume lies in the multifaceted view on the variety of dangers that languages face today, such as extinction through dwindling speaker populations and lack of adequate preservation policies or inequality in different social contexts (e.g. access to justice, education and research resources). There are examples of both loss and survival, and discussion of multiple factors that condition these two different outcomes. We pose and answer difficult questions such as whether forced interventions in preventing loss are always warranted or indeed viable. The emerging shared perspective is that of hope to inspire action towards improving the position of different languages and their speakers through research of this kind.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Local Notes:

KU Select 2020: HSS Backlist Books

ISBN:

9789027266446

Publisher Number:

https://doi.org/10.1075/impact.42

Access Restriction:

Open Access Unrestricted online access