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Language Death and Language Maintenance
Theoretical, practical and descriptive approaches
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Edited by:
Mark Janse
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In collaboration with:
Vincent Hendriks
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English
Published/Copyright:
2003
About this book
Languages are dying at an alarming rate all over the world. Estimates range from 50% to as much as 90% by the end of the century. This collection of original papers tries to strike a balance between theoretical, practical and descriptive approaches to language death and language maintenance. It provides overviews of language endangerment in Africa, Eurasia, and the Greater Pacific Area. It also presents case studies of endangered languages from various language families. These descriptive case studies not only provide data on the degree of endangerment and the causes of language death, but also provide a general sociolinguistic and typological characterization the language(s) under discussion and the prospects of language maintenance (if any). The volume will be of interest to all those concerned with the ongoing extinction of the world’s linguistic diversity.
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Mike Cahill on Linguist List 14-824, July 2003:
[...] an excellent collection. More works of this kind are needed if we are to get true grasp of the magnitude and extent of the endangered language issue.
[...] an excellent collection. More works of this kind are needed if we are to get true grasp of the magnitude and extent of the endangered language issue.
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Problems and prospects Mark Janse Publicly Available Download PDF |
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Stephen A. Wurm Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF |
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The incipient obsolescence and acute death of Teun, Nila and Serua (Central and Southwest Maluku) Aone van Engelenhoven Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF |
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Giovanni Stary Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF |
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The case of Yeniseyan Stefan Georg Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF |
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Rogier Blokland and Cornelius Hasselblatt Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF |
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The case of Gagauz Astrid Menz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF |
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Graziano Savà Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF |
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The Gùrdùn language of the Southern Bauchi Area, Nigeria Andrew Haruna Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF |
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Han Steenwijk Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF |
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October 24, 2011
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9789027275295
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244
eBook ISBN:
9789027275295
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Professional and scholarly;
