endangered cultural practicies > endangered terminology

[Ari Sherris]

Greetings Eduardo--
Here is a good source for what you requested:

K. David Harrison (2007). *When languages die: The extinction of the
world's languages and the erosion of human knowledge.* Oxford: Oxford
University Press.

>From strength to strength!
Best,
Ari
-- 
Arieh (Ari) Sherris
https://tamuk.academia.edu/AriSherris


On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 9:23 AM, Eduardo Ribeiro <kariri at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear colleagues,
>
> I am looking for bibliographic references on how the abandonment of
> certain cultural practices may lead to the disappearance of the
> related terminology/jargon, including both material (ceramics, wood
> working, weaving, etc.) and non-material culture (e.g. chants,
> prayers, and healing spells, which tend to disappear once the
> traditional religious practices are no longer observed).
>
> Although I would expect there to be many works dealing with this
> aspect of language endangerment, a web search for terms such as
> "endangered vocabulary", etc. didn't turn out much.
> Therefore, I would appreciate it if you could point me to any
> bibliographic items, particularly case studies, dealing with this
> topic.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Eduardo
>
> --
> Eduardo Rivail Ribeiro, lingüista
> http://etnolinguistica.org/perfil:9
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