1. Language Diversity in the Pacific: Endangerment and Survival: An Overview

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Dedication to Professor Stephen A. Wurm v
3. Contents vii
4. Foreword ix
5. Editors’ Note xii
6. 1. Language Diversity in the Pacific: Endangerment and Survival: An Overview 1
7. 2. World Languages Review: Some Data 15
8. 3. Naming Languages, Drawing Language Boundaries and Maintaining Languages with Special Reference to the Linguistic Situation in Papua New Guinea 24
9. 4. Obstacles to Creating an Inventory of Languages in Indonesia: A Dialectology Perspective 40
10. 5. Keeping Track of Indigenous Language Endangerment in Australia 54
11. 6. Papua New Guinea’s Languages: Will They Survive? 85
12. 7. Language Endangerment and Globalisation in the Pacific 97
13. 8. Endangered Languages of China and South-East Asia 112
14. 9. On the Edge of the Pacific: Indonesia and East Timor 121
15. 10. The Future of the Languages of Vanuatu and New Caledonia 131
16. 11. Trends and Shifts in Community Language Use in Australia, 1986–1996 137
17. 12. Directions for Linguistic Research: Forging Partnerships in Language Development and Expansion of the Domains of Use of Australia’s Indigenous Languages 162
18. 13. The Contribution of Language Education to the Maintenance and Development of Australia’s Language Resources 180
19. 14. Globalisation, Languages and Technology: Some Recommendations 196
20. The Contributors 212