Language Endangerment
Part of Key Topics in Linguistic Anthropology
- Authors:
- David Bradley, La Trobe University, Victoria
- Maya Bradley, La Trobe University, Victoria
- Date Published: November 2019
- availability: Available
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781107641709
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Up to ninety percent of humanity's traditional languages and cultures are at risk and may disappear this century. While language endangerment has not achieved the publicity surrounding environmental change and biodiversity loss, it is just as serious, disastrously reducing the variety of human knowledge and thought. This book shows why it matters, why and how it happens, and what communities and scholars can do about it. David and Maya Bradley provide a new framework for investigating and documenting linguistic, social and other factors which contribute to languages shifting away from their cultural heritage. Illustrated with practical in-depth case studies and examples from the authors' own work in Asia and elsewhere, the book encourages communities to maintain or reclaim their traditional languages and cultures.
Read more- Presents an in-depth and systematic framework of language endangerment, using a range of approaches from linguistics and anthropology
- Provides practical case studies that show how language endangerment occurs, how it can be reversed and how to apply them
- Key terms are explained in non-technical language to make the book accessible to students and scholars at all levels
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'A masterpiece both because of its erudition and its coherent perspective.' David Olson, University of Toronto
See more reviews'The authors address, among other things, endangerment stages and measures; research methods and ethics; linguistic ideology and attitudes that encourage speakers to maintain, or abandon, their language; factors (demographic, political, economic, etc.) that lead to language endangerment; language policy and planning; and strategies and resources for language reclamation.' L. Lindstrom, Choice
'The innovative approach of this book, its distinct style and structure as well as the wealth of information and illustration, make it an invaluable resource not only for scholars and students of cognitive and social sciences, but also for those members of the larger public interested in the latest advances in the field.' Radu Voica, Anthropos
'Both the formal features and the contents of this volume make it suitable and of potential interest for a diverse target audience, ranging from non-expert readers to researchers that may wish to obtain an up-to-date state of the issue.' Marc Gandarillas, Language in Society
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×Product details
- Date Published: November 2019
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781107641709
- length: 236 pages
- dimensions: 215 x 139 x 17 mm
- weight: 0.38kg
- contains: 23 tables
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
1. Introduction
2. Stages of language endangerment
3. Working in a community
4. Identity and attitudes
5. Language knowledge and use
6. The sociolinguistic setting
7. Linguistic processes
8. Policy and planning
9. Language reclamation
10. Methodology
11. Conclusion.
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