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Language Endangerment [Kõva köide]

(La Trobe University, Victoria), (La Trobe University, Victoria)
  • Formaat: Hardback, 274 pages, kõrgus x laius x paksus: 223x142x20 mm, kaal: 470 g, 23 Tables, black and white
  • Sari: Key Topics in Linguistic Anthropology
  • Ilmumisaeg: 21-Nov-2019
  • Kirjastus: Cambridge University Press
  • ISBN-10: 1107041139
  • ISBN-13: 9781107041134
Teised raamatud teemal:
  • Formaat: Hardback, 274 pages, kõrgus x laius x paksus: 223x142x20 mm, kaal: 470 g, 23 Tables, black and white
  • Sari: Key Topics in Linguistic Anthropology
  • Ilmumisaeg: 21-Nov-2019
  • Kirjastus: Cambridge University Press
  • ISBN-10: 1107041139
  • ISBN-13: 9781107041134
Teised raamatud teemal:
Explores how and why languages become endangered, including a comprehensive new theoretical framework and a wide range of examples from around the world. The book will be welcomed by students and scholars of anthropology, linguistics and related disciplines, and by communities at risk of losing their heritage.

Up to ninety percent of humanity's traditional languages and cultures are at risk and may disappear this century. While language endangerment has not achieved the publicity surrounding environmental change and biodiversity loss, it is just as serious, disastrously reducing the variety of human knowledge and thought. This book shows why it matters, why and how it happens, and what communities and scholars can do about it. David and Maya Bradley provide a new framework for investigating and documenting linguistic, social and other factors which contribute to languages shifting away from their cultural heritage. Illustrated with practical in-depth case studies and examples from the authors' own work in Asia and elsewhere, the book encourages communities to maintain or reclaim their traditional languages and cultures.

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'A masterpiece both because of its erudition and its coherent perspective.' David Olson, University of Toronto 'The authors address, among other things, endangerment stages and measures; research methods and ethics; linguistic ideology and attitudes that encourage speakers to maintain, or abandon, their language; factors (demographic, political, economic, etc.) that lead to language endangerment; language policy and planning; and strategies and resources for language reclamation.' L. Lindstrom, Choice 'The innovative approach of this book, its distinct style and structure as well as the wealth of information and illustration, make it an invaluable resource not only for scholars and students of cognitive and social sciences, but also for those members of the larger public interested in the latest advances in the field.' Radu Voica, Anthropos 'Both the formal features and the contents of this volume make it suitable and of potential interest for a diverse target audience, ranging from non-expert readers to researchers that may wish to obtain an up-to-date state of the issue.' Marc Gandarillas, Language in Society

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Investigates the endangerment of languages and the loss of traditional cultural diversity, and how to respond.
List of Tables
xi
Acknowledgements xii
1 Introduction
1(13)
1.1 How Much Endangerment Is There?
3(2)
1.2 Why Does It Matter?
5(6)
1.3 What Is to Be Done?
11(1)
1.4 Summary and Outline
12(1)
Discussion Questions
13(1)
Suggestions for Further Reading
13(1)
2 Stages of Language Endangerment
14(24)
2.1 Scales of Endangerment
14(1)
2.2 Fishman GIDS
15(2)
2.3 The Wurm Scale
17(1)
2.4 Krauss and Other Scales Derived from the Wurm Scale
17(2)
2.5 EGIDS
19(2)
2.6 Olsi Index of Vitality
21(1)
2.7 EuLaViBar Language Vitality Barometer
22(1)
2.8 ELCat Language Endangerment Index
22(1)
2.9 Other Factors Identified in Scales
23(4)
2.10 How Well Can Endangerment Be Scaled?
27(2)
2.11 How Many Languages Are Endangered?
29(3)
Case Study: Bisu
32(4)
Discussion Questions
36(1)
Suggestions for Further Reading
37(1)
3 Working in a Community
38(26)
3.1 Ethics of Research in a Community
39(9)
3.1.1 Approvals, Permissions and Access
43(5)
3.2 Collaboration and Control
48(7)
3.2.1 What Do Communities Need?
51(1)
3.2.2 What Do Communities Want from a Researcher?
52(3)
3.3 Reciprocity
55(3)
3.4 Conclusion
58(1)
Case Study: N|uu/N||ng by Matthias Brenzinger, World Congress of African Linguistics, and Sheena Shah, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
59(3)
Discussion Questions
62(1)
Suggestions for Further Reading
63(1)
4 Identity and Attitudes
64(20)
4.1 Names
64(4)
4.2 Ethnicity and Group Membership
68(3)
4.3 Attitudes
71(2)
4.4 Well-Being and Happiness
73(1)
4.5 Measuring Identity and Attitudes
74(1)
4.6 Ecological Resilience and Resilience Linguistics
75(3)
4.7 Changing Attitudes
78(1)
Case Study: Minangkabau
79(4)
Discussion Questions
83(1)
Suggestions for Further Reading
83(1)
5 Language Knowledge and Use
84(36)
5.1 Knowledge
84(2)
5.2 Acquisition
86(3)
5.3 Use: Domains
89(11)
5.4 Deacquisition
100(2)
5.5 Fluency
102(2)
5.5.1 Testing Language Skills
104(7)
5.6 Conclusion
111(1)
Case Study: Domains of Language Use in Malawi
112(6)
Discussion Questions
118(1)
Suggestions for Further Reading
119(1)
6 The Sociolinguistic Setting
120(1)
6.1 Demography
120(3)
6.2 Geography
123(1)
6.3 Politics and Policy
123(1)
6.4 Economics
124(2)
6.5 History
126(2)
6.6 Education
128(1)
6.7 Culture
129(1)
6.7.1 Human Relations
130(3)
6.7.2 Roles
133(1)
6.7.3 Material Culture
133(1)
6.7.4 Activities
132(2)
6.7.5 Systems
134(1)
6.7.6 Combinations of Factors
135(1)
6.8 External Factors
136(3)
6.9 Speaker Background Characteristics
139(1)
6.10 Conclusion
140(1)
Case Study: Ket
141(4)
Discussion Questions
145(1)
Suggestions for Further Reading
145(1)
7 Linguistic Processes
146(1)
7.1 Phonology: The Sounds
147(4)
7.2 Morphology: Word Structures
151(2)
7.3 Syntax: Sentence Structure
153(2)
7.4 Lexicon: The Vocabulary
155(3)
7.5 Discourse and Genre: Running Speech and Styles
158(3)
7.6 Conclusion
161(1)
Case Study: Hebrew
162(11)
Discussion Questions
173(1)
Suggestions for Further Reading
173(1)
8 Policy and Planning
174(1)
8.1 Frameworks for Language Planning
175(1)
8.2 Stages of Language Planning
176(3)
8.3 Evaluation, Prestige and Other Planning
179(4)
8.4 Language Policy and Human Rights
183(3)
8.5 Language Policy and Planning for Endangered Languages
186(1)
8.5.1 Orthography Development
186(7)
8.5.2 Dictionaries
193(2)
8.5.3 Grammars and Other Materials
195(3)
8.6 Conclusion
198(1)
Case Study: Rumantsch
198(9)
Discussion Questions
207(1)
Suggestions for Further Reading
207(1)
9 Language Reclamation
208(3)
9.1 Typologies of Reclamation 23
211(1)
9.1.1 Revitalization
211(3)
9.1.2 Revival
214(1)
9.1.3 Renativization
215(1)
9.1.4 Nativization
215(1)
9.1.5 Heritage
216(1)
9.1.6 Denativization
216(1)
9.1.7 Stages of Reclamation
217(1)
9.2 Motivation
217(1)
9.3 Methods
218(4)
9.4 Authenticity
222(1)
9.5 Goals
223(1)
Case Study: Kaurna
224(2)
Discussion Questions
226(1)
Suggestions for Further Reading
227(1)
10 Methodology
228(19)
10.1 Questionnaires
229(2)
10.2 Other Structured Research Tools
231(6)
10.2.1 Wordlists/Phrase Lists
233(1)
10.2.2 Culturally Structured Semantic Fields: Ethnotaxonomy
232(2)
10.2.3 Narrative and Conversation
234(1)
10.2.4 Recorded Stimulus Tools
235(1)
10.2.5 Interview and Group Discussion
236(1)
10.2.6 Mapping and Dialectology
236(1)
10.3 Participant Observation
237(1)
10.4 Sampling
238(1)
10.5 Equipment
239(1)
10.6 Conclusion
240(1)
Case Study: Patua
241(5)
Discussion Questions
246(1)
Suggestions for Further Reading
246(1)
11 Conclusion
247(7)
11.1 What Can a Linguist Do About Language Endangerment?
248(1)
11.2 Documentation and Language Maintenance
249(1)
11.3 Sojourners and Parachute Linguists
250(3)
11.4 Some Available Resources
253(1)
Discussion Questions
253(1)
Suggestions for Further Reading
253(1)
Glossary of Terms 254(6)
References 260(22)
Index 282
David Bradley is Professor of Linguistics at La Trobe University, Victoria and President of the UNESCO Comité International Permanent des Linguistes. He has authored or contributed to many books including the UNESCO Atlas of Languages in Danger (3rd edition, 2010). Maya Bradley established Linguistics at La Trobe University, Victoria after teaching at other universities on three continents. She has co-authored or co-edited several books, including Language Endangerment and Language Maintenance (2002).