Language Endangerment and Language Maintenance (eBook, ePUB)

An Active Approach
Redaktion: Bradley, David; Bradley, Maya

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Language endangerment is a fundamental issue for humanity. This volume comprises a general overview introduction, what happens during language shift, case studies of languages at risk, and strategies and resources for language maintenance.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Dezember 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136852787
• Artikelnr.: 40172468

Autorenporträt

David Bradley is Reader in Linguistics at La Trobe University. He has long been working in various minority communities in China and Southeast Asia, and has published a range of descriptive, historical and other studies. Maya Bradley is a Researcher in Lingusitics at La Trobe University. She has published a variety of studies on first and second language Hebrew, English and on minority language of China.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Figures, Maps and Tables Introduction 1. Language Attitudes: the
key factor in language maintenance David Bradley 2. Strategies for Language
Maintenance and Revival Stephen Wurm 3. Traditional Multilingualism and
Language Endangerment Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald 4. Why One Cannot Preserve
Languages (but can preserve language ecologies) Peter Muhlhausler 5. Irish
and Finland Swedish Anders Ahlqvist 6. Working Together to Strengthen
Sm'algyax (Tsimshian Nation, British Columbia, Canada) Tonya Stebbins 7.
Language Policy and Language Maintenance: Yi in China David Bradley and
Maya Bradley 8. Tai Languages of Assam, a progress report - Does anything
remain of the Tai Ahom language? Stephen Morey 9. The Impact of Malay on
Taba: a type of incipient language death or incipient death of a language
type? John Bawden 10. Language Obsolescence: Progress of Decay? The
emergence of new grammatical categories in 'language death' Alexander Y.
Aikhenvald 11. Reclaiming Languages in Aboriginal Victoria Barry Blake 12.
A Language Plan for Norfolk Island Peter Muhlhausler 13. Language
Maintenance and Survival in East Timor: all change now? Winners and Losers
John Hajek 14. Steel Tyres or Rubber Tyres - Maintenance or Loss:
Pennsylvania German in the 'horse and buggy' communities of Ontario Kate
Burridge 15. Language Maintenance at the Micro Level: Hmong ex-refugee
communities Christina Eira 16. Community Initiatives towards Language
Renewal among Moluccan Migrants in the Netherlands Margaret Florey 17.
Concealment, Maintenance and Renaissance: language and ethnicity in the
Moluccan community in the Netherlands Aone van Engelenhoven 18. Extinction
in Whose Terms? Which parts of language constitute a target for language
maintenance programmes? Nicholas Thieberger 19. Dictionaries and Endangered
Languages Miriam Corris, Christopher Manning, Susan Poetsch, Jane Simpson
20. Conclusion: Resources for Language Maintenance David Bradley & Maya
Bradley Contributors