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Reversing language shift: theoretical and empirical foundations of assistance to threatened languages
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fishman, Joshua A., Author.
- Series:
- Multilingual matters Reversing language shift
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Code switching (Linguistics).
- Linguistic minorities.
- Language planning.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (0 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- [Place of publication not identified] Multilingual Matters 1991
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book consists of theoretical chapters dealing with the why, what and how of RLS, chapters devoted to 13 separate cases from various parts of the world and concluding chapters that both restate and apply the underlying theory to second language for which intergenerational continuity is pursued precisely as second languages.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Author's Preface
- LANGUAGE SHIFT AND REVERSING LANGUAGE SHIFT: INTRODUCTORY CONSIDERATIONS
- CASE STUDIES: A BAKER'S DOZEN FROM SEVERAL CONTINENTS
- RELATED ISSUES AND RECAPITULATION
- Index.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-585-12617-8
- OCLC:
- 1535414513
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