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Two key concepts of language endangerment : language obsolescence and language death
Linguistica, 2007 In the contemporary context of world-wide language endangerment, of linguistic imperialism and regression of minority languages, it is of vital importance to take initiatives for the maintenance and protection of linguistic biodiversity. Languages that
Pierre Swiggers
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Nordic Journal of African Studies, 2010 For over two decades now, linguists, educators and anthropologists have directed their efforts at researching about factors that occasion and result from language shift (Trudgill, 1991; Fishman 1991, 2001, Crystal, 2000; Edwards, 1992; Sasse, 1992 ...
Ogone John Obiero
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Language Shift and Endangerment of Sundanese Banten Dialect in South Tangerang
Insaniyat: Journal of Islam and Humanities, 2023 The objective of this research is to find out the language shift in one of Sundanese dialects known as Bantenese (SBD) and the reasons underlied, in the spoken area of South Tangerang, which could bring to endangered of extinction.
Umi Kulsum +2 more
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Emergent sociolinguistic variation in severe language endangerment [PDF]
, 2019 Contrary to Labov’s Principle of style shifting, studies in language obsolescence portray speakers of dying languages as ‘monostylistic’, a characterization questioned here. Variationist methodology is adopted in a context of gradual language death.
Kasstan, J., Kasstan, J.
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Evidence of contact with Malay/Indonesian in the Enggano Language
Nusa, 2023 This paper presents evidence of contact with Malay/Indonesian in the Enggano language by comparing a corpus collected by Hans Kähler in 1930s with a contemporary corpus collected as part of an ongoing documentation project since 2018. We demonstrate that
Charlotte Hemmings, I Wayan Arka
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Language Endangerment and Language Revitalization : An Introduction [PDF]
, 2006 In almost every part of the world, minority languages are being threatened with extinction. At the same time, dedicated efforts are being made to document endangered languages, to maintain them, and even to revive once-extinct languages. The book presents a comprehensive overview of language endangerment and revitalization.
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Assessing linguistic vulnerability and endangerment in Serbia a critical survey of methodologies and outcomes [PDF]
Balcanica, 2020 The paper offers a critical survey of vulnerable and endangered languages and linguistic varieties in Serbia presented in three international inventories: UNESCO’s Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, Ethnologue and The Catalogue of ...
Sorescu-Marinković Annemarie +2 more
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SAGE OpenThe present study aims to explore the linguistic vitality of the Tujia language in Hubei Province, China, and delve into the multifaceted factors contributing to its endangerment across micro, mezzo, and macrosystem levels from an ecological perspective.
Lihua Fang, Lei Cai, Longsheng Li
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Minority languages of China [PDF]
, 2010 This chapter looks at language endangerment in the People's Republic of China, focusing on three of the main factors that influence language maintenance in China today: increased contact due to population movements and changes in the economy; the ...
LaPolla, Randy J., Poa, Dory
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Creating Books for Use in Language Revitalization Classrooms: Considerations and Outcomes [PDF]
, 2020 In this paper, I examine the development, implementation, and results of utilizing three types of storybooks in a language revitalization classroom for students ages 5-12 learning Teotitlán del Valle Zapotec, an indigenous language of southern Mexico ...
Nee, Julia
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