ELL: "Disappearing Languages" articles in Whole Earth magazine

[Dave Harmon]

Hi everyone,

The current (Spring 2000) issue of Whole Earth magazine (a quarterly
publication by the same people who brought out the well-known Whole
Earth Catalogues) has a section of several short articles on language
endangerment and revitalization.  Called "More than Words," the
section features these articles:

Yowlumni: The Path to Revitalization / Matt Vera (an excerpt from
News from Native California)

Disappearing Languages / Rosemarie Ostler (overview article with
quotes from Stephen Wurm, Michael Krauss, Leanne Hinton, Nick Ostler,
etc).

Just Speak Your Language: Hena'haanehe / Richard Littlebear (an
excerpt from his 1997 speech at the Stablizing Indigenous Languages
Symposium)

Poetry by Ofelia Zepeda

English: The Killer Language?  Or a Passing Phase? / Joshua A. Fishman

A Whole Earth Forum of Compassionate Linguists (commentary from
Kenneth Hale, Elena Benedicto, Douglas Whalen, Don Ringe, Nora
England, and Leanne Hinton)

Salila-ti Mi-mu d-enn-i-gu: I Wish You Would Come Home / Darryl Babe
Wilson (a story originally published in News from Native California)

There are also several informational sidebars with names, addresses,
books, etc.

Cover price is US$6.85 (CDN$8.50).  For availability, write Whole
Earth, 1408 Mission Avenue, San Rafael, California 94901-1471;
1-415-256-2800; info at wholeearthmag.com; http://www.wholeearthmag.com.

Dave Harmon
Terralingua
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