<HTML><BODY><br><br><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Dear colleagues,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">doing fieldwork <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" data-mce-style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>on an oral Aramaic variety in Upper Mesopotamia (Turkey), I started wondering what is known about the behaviour of an oral language that has lost its “natural” setting in he traditional culture, especially due to a rush advent of Modernity, industrial/post-industrial society, school and mass-media in an official (state) language, etc. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" data-mce-style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Could you recommend me literature on the subject?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span>Best wishes,</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span>Sergey</p><br></BODY></HTML>