Language Endangerment - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Language Endangerment write by David Bradley. This book was released on 2019-11-21. Language Endangerment available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Investigates the endangerment of languages and the loss of traditional cultural diversity, and how to respond.
Language Endangerment and Language Revitalization
Language Endangerment and Language Revitalization - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Language Endangerment and Language Revitalization write by Tasaku Tsunoda. This book was released on 2013-02-06. Language Endangerment and Language Revitalization available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In almost every part of the world, minority languages are threatened with extinction. At the same time, dedicated efforts are being made to document endangered languages, to maintain them, and even to revive once-extinct languages. The present volume examines a wide range of issues that concern language endangerment andlanguage revitalization. Among other things, it is shown that languages may be endangered to different degrees, endangerment situations in selected areas of the world are surveyed and definitions of language death and types of language death presented. The book also examines causes of language endangerment, speech behaviour in a language endangerment situation, structural changes in endangered languages, as well as types of speakers encountered in a language endangerment situation. In addition, methods of documentation and of training for linguists are proposed which will enable scholars to play an active role in the documentation of endangered languages and in language revitalization. The book presents a comprehensive overview of the field. It is clearly written and contains ample references to the relevant literature, thus providing useful guidance for further research. The author often draws on his own experience of documenting endangered languages and of language revival activities in Australia. The volume is of interest to a wide readership, including linguists, anthropologists, sociologists, and educators.
The Cambridge Handbook of Endangered Languages
The Cambridge Handbook of Endangered Languages - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Cambridge Handbook of Endangered Languages write by Peter K. Austin. This book was released on 2011-03-24. The Cambridge Handbook of Endangered Languages available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. It is generally agreed that about 7,000 languages are spoken across the world today and at least half may no longer be spoken by the end of this century. This state-of-the-art Handbook examines the reasons behind this dramatic loss of linguistic diversity, why it matters, and what can be done to document and support endangered languages. The volume is relevant not only to researchers in language endangerment, language shift and language death, but to anyone interested in the languages and cultures of the world. It is accessible both to specialists and non-specialists: researchers will find cutting-edge contributions from acknowledged experts in their fields, while students, activists and other interested readers will find a wealth of readable yet thorough and up-to-date information.
Responses to Language Endangerment
Responses to Language Endangerment - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Responses to Language Endangerment write by Elena Mihas. This book was released on 2013-11-15. Responses to Language Endangerment available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This volume further complicates and advances the contemporary perspective on language endangerment by examining the outcomes of the most commonly cited responses to language endangerment, i.e. language documentation, language revitalization, and training. The present collection takes stock of many complex and pressing issues, such as the assessment of the degree of language endangerment, the contribution of linguistic scholarship to language revitalization programs, the creation of successful language reclamation programs, the emergence of languages that arise as a result of revitalization efforts after interrupted transmission, the ethics of fieldwork, and the training of field linguists and language educators. The volume’s case studies provide detailed personal accounts of fieldworkers and language activists who are grappling with issues of language documentation and revitalization in the concrete physical and socio-cultural settings of native speaker communities in different regions of the world.
Endangered Languages and Languages in Danger
Endangered Languages and Languages in Danger - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Endangered Languages and Languages in Danger write by Luna Filipović. This book was released on 2016-10-03. Endangered Languages and Languages in Danger available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.
