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Language change for the worse [PDF]
Many theories hold that language change, at least on a local level, is driven by a need for improvement. The present volume explores to what extent this assumption holds true, and whether there is a particular type of language change that we dub language
Schaden, Gerhard +16 more
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Endangered Language Documentation and Transmission [PDF]
Journal of the National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages, 2007 This paper describes an on-going project on digital archiving Yami language documentation (http://www.hrelp.org/grants/projects/index.php?projid=60).
D. Victoria Rau +2 more
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Revitalizing Endangered Languages [PDF]
, 2021 Of the approximately 7,000 languages in the world, at least half may no longer be spoken by the end of the twenty-first century. Languages are endangered by a number of factors, including globalization, education policies, and the political, economic and cultural marginalization of minority groups.
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Preserving Endangered Languages [PDF]
Language and Linguistics Compass, 2007 Abstract Over the last few decades an increasing number of books, scholarly articles and media reports have predicted that as many as 60 to 90% of the world's some 6900 languages may be at risk of extinction within the next 100 years. This article provides an overview of the current state of the world's languages, explains some causes
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Non-modal phonation associated with stød vowels in Livonian
Eesti ja Soome-ugri Keeleteaduse Ajakiri, 2018 Livonian is unique among the Finnic languages in possessing a two-way tonal contrast in primary stressed syllables. Observed already in the earliest linguistic descriptions of Livonian, this two-way contrast between stressed syllables with stød (also ...
Uldis Balodis
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Teaching and Learning Resources for Endangered Languages
, 2023 The development of teaching and learning materials is an essential component of endangered language revitalisation, yet there is very little academic research on this crucial topic.
Valijärvi, Riitta-Liisa, +3 more
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A sketch of Ongota a dying language of southwest Ethiopia
Studies in African Linguistics, 2000 The article provides a grammatical sketch of Ongota, a language on the brink of extinction (actively used by eight out of an ethnic group of nearly one hundred) spoken in the South Omo Zone of Southwestern Ethiopia.
Graziano Savà, Mauro Tosco
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Language Preservation Practices in Nepal
Nepal Journal of Multidisciplinary Research, 2022 Preserving endangered language is one of the challenging tasks for the governments of the world. Day by day endangered languages are declining from the world due to various reasons.
Rishiram Adhikari
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IF JAVANESE IS ENDANGERED, HOW SHOULD WE MAINTAIN IT? [PDF]
, 2011 This paper deals with Javanese as an endangered language in Central Java. It proposes an argument that language maintenance is not a matter of linguistics alone.
Herudjati , Purwoko +1 more
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Angewandte Chemie, EarlyView.The successful extension of the nickel‐catalyzed asymmetric coupling of polarized 1,3‐dienes with aldehydes to an intramolecular setting opens an efficient new entry into hydroxylated N‐heterocyclic compounds, most notably valuable tetrahydroisoquinolines.
Thilo Bender +3 more
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