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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">I am pleased to announce the publication of
<i style="">Endangered Languages of Austronesia</i>
(Oxford University Press, 2009), edited by Margaret Florey.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">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.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">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.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Order requests: <a href="http://bookorders.uk">bookorders.uk</a>@<a href="http://oup.com">oup.com</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">£80, 304 pages, Maps, Tables, Figures; ISBN
978-0-19-954454-7</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Contents and Contributors</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Part I Overview</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 14.2pt; text-indent: -14.2pt;"><span lang="EN-US">1: Margaret Florey: Introduction</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 14.2pt; text-indent: -14.2pt;"><span lang="EN-US">2: Alexander K. Adelaar: An Overview of Language Documentation in
the Austronesian World</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Part II Linguistic Vitality: Theory,
Assessments, and Challenges</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 14.2pt; text-indent: -14.2pt;"><span lang="EN-US">3: Nikolaus P. Himmelmann: Language Endangerment Scenarios: A Case
Study From Northern Central Sulawesi</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 14.2pt; text-indent: -14.2pt;"><span lang="EN-US">4: Charles E. Grimes: Digging for the Roots of Language Death in Eastern
Indonesia: The Cases of Kayeli and Hukumina</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 14.2pt; text-indent: -14.2pt;"><span lang="EN-US">5: I. Wayan Arka: Maintaining Vera in Rongga: Struggles Over
Culture, Tradition, and Language in Modern Manggarai-Indonesia</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 14.2pt; text-indent: -14.2pt;"><span lang="EN-US">6: Thomas N. Headland: Why the Philippine Negrito Languages are
Endangered</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Part III Capacity Building and
Revitalization Initiatives</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 14.2pt; text-indent: -14.2pt;"><span lang="EN-US">7: Margaret Florey and Nikolaus Himmelmann: New Directions in Field
Linguistics: Training Strategies for Language Documentation in Indonesia</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 14.2pt; text-indent: -14.2pt;"><span lang="EN-US">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)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 14.2pt; text-indent: -14.2pt;"><span lang="EN-US">9: Hannah Vari-Bogiri: Language Work in Vanuatu</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 14.2pt; text-indent: -14.2pt;"><span lang="EN-US">10: John Hajek and John Bowden: Waima'a: Challenges for Language Description
and Maintenance in East Timor</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 14.2pt; text-indent: -14.2pt;"><span lang="EN-US">11: Peter Sercombe: Challenges Facing Eastern Penan in Borneo</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Part IV Pedagogical Approaches to
Revitalization and Maintenance</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 14.2pt; text-indent: -14.2pt;"><span lang="EN-US">12: D. Victoria Rau and Meng-Chien Yang: Digital Transmission of
Language and Culture: Rethinking Pedagogical Models for e-learning</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 14.2pt; text-indent: -14.2pt;"><span lang="EN-US">13: Julie Barbour: Language Documentation and Literacy Development:
The Neverver Literacy Project</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 14.2pt; text-indent: -14.2pt;"><span lang="EN-US">14: Catherine Young: First Language Education in Multilingual
Contexts</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Index of Subjects</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Index of Place Names</span></p>
<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria;" lang="EN-US">Index</span>