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Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, 2003
This chapter surveys developments in language revitalization, a movement that dates approximately from the 1990s and builds on prior work on language maintenance (see Fishman, 1991; 2001) and language death (Dorian, 1981; 1989). Focusing on indigenous languages, it discusses the role and nature of appropriate linguistic documentation, possibilities for
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This chapter surveys developments in language revitalization, a movement that dates approximately from the 1990s and builds on prior work on language maintenance (see Fishman, 1991; 2001) and language death (Dorian, 1981; 1989). Focusing on indigenous languages, it discusses the role and nature of appropriate linguistic documentation, possibilities for
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Language Revitalization and Multimodality
2021Linguistic and cultural shift are some of the most pressing issues facing minoritized speakers around the world. Language revitalization initiatives seek to increase the number of speakers through various pedagogical and social interventions. Language, however, is not simply a code transmitted between individuals, but comprised of a wealth of ...
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Language Obsolescence and Revitalization
1998Abstract The territorial contraction and speaker-reduction undergone by the Welsh language during the past few centuries has resulted in its categorization by many linguists as an obsolescent language. This study illustrates that, although it is undeniably showing some signs of decline, Welsh stands in marked contrast to many previously ...
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Language Revitalization in Africa
2018Africa is home to almost a third of the world’s languages. Only about 400 of these languages are widely considered to be endangered but many more are vulnerable given the small populations who use them. Even minority languages spoken by fairly large populations face challenges.
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Language Revitalization and Revival
2014This chapter points out that assumptions about teaching an official language in school (standardized form, correct usage and spelling, formal genres and contexts) do not meet the more immediate needs of Native American communities: language as a bond between kin and community; informal and formal language use in a variety of contexts; dialect variation.
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The Linguistics of Language Revitalization
2018With hundreds of the world’s languages now in danger, the need for effective methods of language revitalization has never been greater. Yet most efforts fall short of their objective. The central point of this chapter is that language revitalization is possible only if it is possible to create or maintain the conditions under which language acquisition
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Language Documentation and Language Revitalization
2018Peter K. Austin, Julia Sallabank
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Ecological planning towards language revitalization: The Torwali minority language in Pakistan
International Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2021Syed Abdul Manan, Maya Khemlani David
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