book announcement "Endangered Languages of Austronesia"

[Margaret Florey]

I am pleased to announce the publication of *Endangered Languages of
Austronesia* (Oxford University Press, 2009), edited by Margaret Florey.



Many of the languages in the diverse and linguistically rich Austronesian
language family are undocumented and endangered. This book draws together
research from authors actively involved in language documentation to provide
a critical account of current knowledge. It considers the linguistic effects
of government policies and socioeconomic changes, describes the variety of
responses by linguists to the language endangerment crisis and emphasizes
realistic and practical solutions and interventions.



The editor's introduction draws out the key issues and themes. An overview
of the Austronesian language family then examines the historical relations
between the languages, their diversity, and their distribution in the
region, and reviews the state of the documentation of languages. Individual
chapters are devoted to the revitalization of languages in Taiwan, the
Philippines, Indonesia, Brunei, East Timor, and Vanuatu.



Order requests: bookorders.uk at oup.com

£80, 304 pages, Maps, Tables, Figures; ISBN 978-0-19-954454-7



Contents and Contributors



Part I Overview

1: Margaret Florey: Introduction

2: Alexander K. Adelaar: An Overview of Language Documentation in the
Austronesian World



Part II Linguistic Vitality: Theory, Assessments, and Challenges

3: Nikolaus P. Himmelmann: Language Endangerment Scenarios: A Case Study
>>From Northern Central Sulawesi

4: Charles E. Grimes: Digging for the Roots of Language Death in Eastern
Indonesia: The Cases of Kayeli and Hukumina

5: I. Wayan Arka: Maintaining Vera in Rongga: Struggles Over Culture,
Tradition, and Language in Modern Manggarai-Indonesia

6: Thomas N. Headland: Why the Philippine Negrito Languages are Endangered



Part III Capacity Building and Revitalization Initiatives

7: Margaret Florey and Nikolaus Himmelmann: New Directions in Field
Linguistics: Training Strategies for Language Documentation in Indonesia

8: Nick Thieberger: Anxious Respect for Linguistic Data: The Pacific and
Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC) and
the Resource Network for Linguistic Diversity (RNLD)

9: Hannah Vari-Bogiri: Language Work in Vanuatu

10: John Hajek and John Bowden: Waima'a: Challenges for Language Description
and Maintenance in East Timor

11: Peter Sercombe: Challenges Facing Eastern Penan in Borneo



Part IV Pedagogical Approaches to Revitalization and Maintenance

12: D. Victoria Rau and Meng-Chien Yang: Digital Transmission of Language
and Culture: Rethinking Pedagogical Models for e-learning

13: Julie Barbour: Language Documentation and Literacy Development: The
Neverver Literacy Project

14: Catherine Young: First Language Education in Multilingual Contexts



Index of Subjects

Index of Place Names
Index
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