Indigenous Language Road Signs!
Susan Penfield
susan.penfield at GMAIL.COM
Sat Jun 24 21:55:18 UTC 2006
This is a GREAT idea -- reminds me that, in order to promote the use of
Latin, the ATMs in the Vatican have all been converted to Latin. Making
language visible -- as the signs along the road through Salish-Kootenai
country will be, encourages both an interest and respect--and use-- for
languages.
http://missoulian.com/articles/2006/06/24/news/mtregional/news08.txt
S.
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Susan D. Penfield, Ph.D.
Department of English(Primary)
American Indian Language Devel.Institute
Department of Linguistics
Second Language Acquistion &Teaching
Ph.D. Program
Dept. of Language,Reading and Culture
The Southwest Center (Research)
Phone for messages: (520) 621-1836
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