Sustaining linguistic diversity endangered and minority languages and language varieties

In the last three decades the field of endangered and minority languages has evolved rapidly, moving from the initial dire warnings of linguists to a swift increase in the number of organizations, funding programs, and community-based efforts dedicated to documentation, maintenance, and revitalizati...

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Autor principal: Georgetown University Round Table On Languages and Linguistics (corporate author, -)
Autor Corporativo: Georgetown University Round Table On Languages and Linguistics Corporate Author (corporate author)
Otros Autores: King, Kendall A., 1969- (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press c2008.
Edición:1st ed
Colección:Georgetown University Round Table on Languages & Linguistics
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Linguistic diversity, sustainability, and the future of the past / Suzanne Romaine
  • When is an "extinct language" not extinct? / Wesley Y. Leonard
  • Evaluating endangerment / M. Paul Lewis
  • Endangered language varieties / Gregory R. Guy and Ana M.S. Zilles
  • The linguistic negotiation of complex racialized identities by Black Appalachian speakers / Christine Mallinson
  • Working at "9 to 5" Gaelic / Emily McEwan-Fujita
  • Voice and biliteracy in indigenous language revitalization / Nancy H. Hornberger
  • Endangering language vitality through institutional development / Tadhg O'hfearnain
  • Scandinavian minority language policies in transition / Leena Huss
  • Language development in Eritrea / Paul D. Fallon
  • Indigenous language policies in social practice / Teresa L. McCarty, Mary Eunice Romero-Little, and Ofelia Zepeda
  • Heritage language education in the United States / Joy Kreeft Peyton ... [et al.]
  • Language diversity and the public interest / Walt Wolfram.