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Titre(s) : Ethnographic contributions to the study of endangered languages [Texte imprimé] / edited by Tania Granadillo and Heidi A. Orcutt-Gachiri ; with a foreword by Jane H. Hill and an afterword by Ofelia Zepeda

Publication : Tucson : University of Arizona Press, cop. 2011

Description matérielle : x, 230 p. : map ; 24 cm

Comprend : Language ideologies in the discourse of education that promote language shift in Kenya / Heidi A. Orcutt-Gachiri ; Education and its role in language endangerment in Siberia and the Far East / Olga Kazakevich ; Is English education always detrimental to vernacular languages? : education and language endangerment from a Papua New Guinean perspective / M. Lynn Landweer ; Indigenous language revitalization in Tecate, Baja California : a narrative account / Paula Meyer, with Jon Meza Cuero ; Territory, identity, and language among the Añun people (Venezuela) / Marie-France Patte ; The agency of language ideologies in Miami Indian recovery / Melissa A. Rinehart ; Stolen life, preserved language : life and death and endangered languages / Barbara G. Hoffman ; Kurripako and its speakers in Venezuela : a linguistic anthropological analysis of language endangerment / Tania Granadillo ; Language loss in a beautiful scenery : the case of Öömrang, a Frisian dialect in northern Germany / Lars von Karstedt ; Agency and ideology in language shift and language maintenance / Mark A. Sicoli ; Intersections : history, language, and globalization in the North Carolina Cherokee communities / Heidi M. Altman ; Afterword / Ofelia Zepeda.

Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index
It is a feature of the twenty-first century that world languages are displacing local languages at an alarming rate, transforming social rela-tions and complicating cultural transmission in the process. This language shift--the gradual abandonment of minority languages in favor of national or international languages--is often in response to inequalities in power, signaling a pressure to conform to the political and economic structures represented by the newly dominant languages. In its most extreme form, language shift can result in language death and thus the permanent loss of traditional knowledge and lifeways. To combat this, indigenous and scholarly communities around the world have undertaken various efforts, from archiving and lexicography to the creation of educational and cultural programs. What works in one community, however, may not work in another. Indeed, while the causes of language endangerment may be familiar, the responses to it depend on "highly specific local conditions and opportunities." In keeping with this premise, the editors of this volume insist that to understand language endangerment, "researchers and communities must come to understand what is happening to the speakers, not just what is happening to the language." The eleven case studies assembled here strive to fill a gap in the study of endangered languages by providing much-needed sociohistorical and ethnographic context and thus connecting specific language phenomena to larger national and international issues. --- Book Description

Autre(s) auteur(s) : Granadillo, Tania. Éditeur scientifique Voir les notices liées en tant qu'auteur
Orcutt-Gachiri, Heidi A. (1970-....). Éditeur scientifique Voir les notices liées en tant qu'auteur
Hill, Jane H. (1939-....). Préfacier Voir les notices liées en tant qu'auteur
Zepeda, Ofelia (1952-....). Postfacier Voir les notices liées en tant qu'auteur