Sustaining linguistic diversity [electronic resource] : endangered and minority languages and language varieties / Kendall A. King ... [et al.], editors.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and Linguistics. Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and Linguistics ; Publication details: Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, c2008.Description: viii, 238 p. : illSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 306.44 22
LOC classification:
  • P40.5.L28 S87 2008eb
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Contents:
Linguistic diversity, sustainability, and the future of the past / Suzanne Romaine -- When is an "extinct language" not extinct? / Wesley Y. Leonard -- Evaluating endangerment / M. Paul Lewis -- Endangered language varieties / 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 / Emily McEwan-Fujita -- Voice and biliteracy in indigenous language revitalization / Nancy H. Hornberger -- Endangering language vitality through institutional development / Tadhg O'hfearnain -- Scandinavian minority language policies in transition / Leena Huss -- Language development in Eritrea / Paul D. Fallon -- Indigenous language policies in social practice / Teresa L. McCarty, Mary Eunice Romero-Little, and Ofelia Zepeda -- Heritage language education in the United States / Joy Kreeft Peyton ... [et al.] -- Language diversity and the public interest / Walt Wolfram.
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Linguistic diversity, sustainability, and the future of the past / Suzanne Romaine -- When is an "extinct language" not extinct? / Wesley Y. Leonard -- Evaluating endangerment / M. Paul Lewis -- Endangered language varieties / 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 / Emily McEwan-Fujita -- Voice and biliteracy in indigenous language revitalization / Nancy H. Hornberger -- Endangering language vitality through institutional development / Tadhg O'hfearnain -- Scandinavian minority language policies in transition / Leena Huss -- Language development in Eritrea / Paul D. Fallon -- Indigenous language policies in social practice / Teresa L. McCarty, Mary Eunice Romero-Little, and Ofelia Zepeda -- Heritage language education in the United States / Joy Kreeft Peyton ... [et al.] -- Language diversity and the public interest / Walt Wolfram.

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