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The Cambridge handbook of endangered languages /

"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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Austin, Peter (Editor ), Sallabank, Julia (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Colección:Cambridge handbooks in language and linguistics.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction / Peter K. Austin and Julia Sallabank
  • Language ecology and endangerment / Lenore A. Grenoble
  • Speakers and communities / Colette Grinevald and Michel Bert
  • A survey of language endangerment / David Bradley
  • Language contact and change in endangered languages / Carmel O'Shannessy
  • Structural aspects of language endangerment / Naomi Palosaari and Lyle Campbell
  • Language and culture / Lev Michael
  • Language and society / Bernard Spolsky
  • Language documentation / Tony Woodbury
  • Speakers and language documentation / Lise Dobrin and Josh Berson
  • Data and language documentation / Jeff Good
  • Archiving and language documentation / Lisa Conathan
  • Digital archiving / David Nathan
  • Language policy for endangered languages / Julia Sallabank
  • Revitalisation of endangered languages / Leanne Hinton
  • Orthography development / Friederike Lüpke
  • Lexicography in endangered language communities / Ulrike Mosel
  • Language curriculum design and evaluation for endangered languages / Serafin Coronel-Molina and Teresa McCarty
  • The role of information technology in supporting minority and endangered languages / Gary Holton
  • Endangered languages and economic development / Wayne Harbert
  • Researcher training and capacity development in language documentation / Anthony Jukes
  • New roles for endangered languages / Máiread Moriarty
  • Planning a language documentation project / Claire Bowern.