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050 4 _aP40.5.E53
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100 1 _aFilipović, Luna.
245 1 0 _aEndangered Languages and Languages in Danger :
_bIssues of Documentation, Policy, and Language Rights.
250 _a1st ed.
264 1 _aAmsterdam/Philadelphia :
_bJohn Benjamins Publishing Company,
_c2016.
264 4 _c©2016.
300 _a1 online resource (425 pages)
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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490 1 _aIMPACT: Studies in Language, Culture and Society Series ;
_vv.42
505 0 _aIntro -- Endangered Languages and Languages in Danger -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Foreword -- Table of contents -- Introduction: Endangered languages and languages in danger -- 1. Preliminary remarks -- 2. Endangerment of languages and language ecology -- 3. Why are endangered languages worth saving (Or what is lost when languages die)? -- 4. Causes of language endangerment and disappearance: Language shift -- 5. Language policy and linguistic human rights -- 6. Assessing ethnolinguistic vitality status -- 7. Responses to language endangerment -- 8. Critique of the endangered-languages movement -- References -- Section 1. Perspectives on endangerment: Ideology, language policy and language rights -- North-South relations in linguistic science: Collaboration or colonialism? -- 1. Introduction: Why document endangered languages? -- 2. ELDR: Evolving paradigms -- 3. North-South relations: Unequal exchange between academics and communities -- 4. North-South relations: Unequal exchange inside the academe -- References -- Indigenous language policies in Brazil: Training indigenous people as teachers and researchers -- 1. Introduction -- 2. A brief account of the last thirty years of indigenous languages research and documentation -- 3. The implementation of linguistic, cultural and educational policies benefiting indigenous peoples -- 4. Conclusions -- References -- Language rights in danger: Access to justice and linguistic (in)equality in multilingual judicial co -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Facing the law without speaking the language: UK migrant prisoners' perspective -- 3. Police interviews in the US: Barrier of translation -- 4. Conclusion -- References -- Towards language planning for sign languages: Measuring endangerment and the treatment of British Si -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Local/regional mass media and governmental spheres.
505 8 _a3. Reversing language shift and BSL -- 4. Policy and conventions -- 5. Concluding recommendations -- References -- Appendix -- A cost-and-benefit approach to language loss -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Some disputable assumptions about language endangerment and loss -- 3. By way of conclusions -- References -- Section 2. Language documentation, ethno-history and language vitality -- Language documentation 20 years on -- 1. Defining language documentation -- 2. Best practices, tools and models -- 3. Critical responses -- 4. Developments in archiving -- 5. Language documentation and revitalization -- 6. Documentation and academia -- 7. Conclusions -- References -- The brief existence of Saipan Carolinian: A study of a vanishing language storing valuable linguisti -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Linguistic characteristics of SpnCRL, a blended Carolinian language -- 3. Migration pattern reflected in SpnCRL speech -- 4. Conclusion -- References -- Aikanã and Kwaza: Their ethno-historical and sociolinguistic context in Rondônia, Brazil -- 1. Introduction -- 2. General background -- 3. History of ethnolinguistic research in southeastern Rondônia -- 4. The modern history and present situation of the Aikanã -- 5. Previous research and documentation of Aikanã language and culture -- 6. The modern history and present situation of the Kwaza -- 7. Previous research and documentation of Kwaza language and culture -- 8. Genetic and typological profile of the Aikanã and Kwaza languages -- 9. The importance and urgency of Aikanã and Kwaza documentation -- 10. Concluding remarks and preliminary results -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- References -- Metaphors of an endangered forest people, the Yanomae (N. Brazil) -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Body-part metaphors -- 3. Orientational metaphors -- 4. Temporal metaphors -- 5. Neologisms -- 6. Euphemisms for death.
505 8 _a7. Concluding thoughts on endangered metaphors -- Abbreviations -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Measuring and understanding ethnolinguistic vitality in Papapana -- 1. Language endangerment and death -- 2. Papapana sociolinguistic milieu -- 3. Investigating causes of endangerment -- 4. Assessing ethnolinguistic vitality status -- 5. Papapana speakers in transition: The hows and whys of language endangerment -- References -- Section 3. Language transmission: Shift, loss and survival -- The art of losing: Beyond java, patois and postvernacular vitality - Repositioning the periphery in -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The days of java and patois -- 3. The times they are a-changin' -- 4. The art of losing -- 5. The art of evolving -- References -- Reacting to language endangerment: The Akie of north-central Tanzania -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Akie and language endangerment -- 3. Akie as a "defensive culture" -- 4. Language, culture and the future -- 5. Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Language transmission and use in a bilingual setting in rural Tanzania: Findings from an in-depth st -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Background and language situation -- 3. Data collection and methods -- 4. Findings and their implications -- 5. Vitality of Ngoni vs. endangerment scales -- References -- Language shift and endangerment in urban and rural East Africa: Three case studies -- 0. Introduction -- 1. Language shift in Nairobi -- 2. Language shift amongst the Northern Hema in Bunia -- 3. Language shift in the rural Bhele community -- 4. Final questions -- References -- Redefining priorities, methods and standards in endangered-language lexicography: From lexical erosi -- 1. Introduction -- 2. On lexical erosion -- 3. Reconsidering methods in field lexicography and EL lexicography -- 4. Conclusion -- References -- Jewish language varieties: Loss and survival.
505 8 _a1. Fragility and loss of Jewish language varieties -- 2. Shift to the standard -- 3. Survival through postvernacular practices in a metalinguistic community -- 4. Hasidic Yiddish maintenance -- 5. Postvernacular practices as a goal for threatened varieties -- References -- Index.
520 _aThis peer-reviewed collection brings together the latest research on language endangerment and language rights. It creates a vibrant, interdisciplinary platform for the discussion of the most pertinent and urgent topics central to vitality and equality of languages in today's globalised world.
588 _aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590 _aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650 0 _aEndangered languages.
655 4 _aElectronic books.
700 1 _aPütz, Martin.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_aFilipović, Luna
_tEndangered Languages and Languages in Danger
_dAmsterdam/Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company,c2016
_z9789027258342
797 2 _aProQuest (Firm)
830 0 _aIMPACT: Studies in Language, Culture and Society Series
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