Sustaining linguistic diversity : endangered and minority languages and language varieties

King, Kendall A., 1969- (Added Author). Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and Linguistics (2007) (Added Author).

Summary: 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 revitalization. Sustaining Linguistic Diversity brings together cutting-edge theoretical and empirical work from leading researchers and practitioners in the field. Together, these contributions provide a state-of-the-art overview of current work in defining, documenting, and developing the world's smaller lang.

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ISBN: 1589014162
ISBN: 9781589014169
ISBN: 1461913748
ISBN: 9781461913740
Physical Description: 1 online resource (viii, 238 pages) : illustrations
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Publisher: Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, ©2008.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:	Linguistic diversity, sustainability, and the future of the past / Suzanne Romaine -- When is an "extinct language" not extinct? : Miami, a formerly sleeping language / Wesley Y. Leonard -- Evaluating endangerment : proposed metadata and implementation / M. Paul Lewis -- Endangered language varieties : vernacular speech and linguistic standardization in Brazilian Portuguese / 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 : speakers, context, and ideologies of an emerging minority language register / Emily McEwan-Fujita -- Voice and biliteracy in indigenous language revitalization : contentious educational practices in Quechua, Guarani, and Maori contexts / Nancy H. Hornberger -- Endangering language vitality through institutional development : ideology, authority, and official standard Irish in the Gaeltacht / Tadhg Ó hIfearnáin -- Scandinavian minority language policies in transition : the impact of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages in Norway and Sweden / Leena Huss -- Language development in Eritrea : the case of Blin / Paul D. Fallon -- Indigenous language policies in social practice : the case of Navajo / Teresa L. McCarty, Mary Eunice Romero-Little, and Ofelia Zepeda -- Heritage language education in the United States : a need to reconceptualize and restructure / Joy Kreeft Peyton [and others] -- Language diversity and the public interest / Walt Wolfram -- At what cost? : methods of language revival and protection : examples from Hebrew / Elana Shohamy -- Unendangered dialects, endangered people / William Labov.
Restrictions on Access Note:	NLC staff and students only.
Language Note:	English.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.