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9780521882156

The Cambridge Handbook of Endangered Languages

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  • ISBN13:

    9780521882156

  • ISBN10:

    052188215X

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2011-04-29
  • Publisher: Cambridge Univ Pr

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It is generally agreed that about 7,000 languages are spoken across the world today and at least half may no longer be spoken by the end of this century. This state-of-the-art Handbook examines the reasons behind this dramatic loss of linguistic diversity, why it matters, and what can be done to document and support endangered languages. The volume is relevant not only to researchers in language endangerment, language shift and language death, but to anyone interested in the languages and cultures of the world. It is accessible both to specialists and non-specialists: researchers will find cutting-edge contributions from acknowledged experts in their fields, while students, activists and other interested readers will find a wealth of readable yet thorough and up-to-date information.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Endangered Languages
Language ecology and endangerment
Speakers and communities
Survey of endangered language situations around the world
Language contact and change in endangered languagesvCarmel O'Shannessy
Structural aspects of language endangerment
Language and culture
Language and society
Language Documentation
Language documentation
Speakers and language documentation
Data and language documentation
Archiving and language documentation
Digital archiving
Responses
Language policy for endangered languages
Revitalisation of endangered languages
Orthography development
Lexicography in endangered language communities
Language curriculum design and evaluation for endangered languages Serafin
The role of information technology in supporting minority and endangered languages
Challenges
Endangered languages and economic development
Researcher training and capacity development in language documentation
New roles for endangered languages
Planning a language documentation project
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