Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Introduction 1
4. Language endangerment and documentation
5. Unintended consequences of methodological and practical responses to language endangerment in Africa 1
6. Different cultures, different attitudes 37
7. Ideologies and typologies of language endangerment in Africa 59
8. The role of colonial languages in language endangerment in Africa 107
9. Can a language endanger itself? 131
10. “Is this my language?” 153
11. Development, language revitalization, and culture 177
12. Some challenges of language documentation in African multilingual settings 195
13. How to document particular domains or use documentary data to address specific issues
14. Folk definitions in linguistic fieldwork 215
15. Out of context 239
16. Archaeological inspiration and historical inference 253
17. Describing endangered languages 277
18. Index 313
19. Language index 317