endangered cultural practicies > endangered terminology

[lmtoconnor .]

Hello all,

And of course - Nicholas Evans (2010) *Dying Words: Endangered Languages
and What They Have to Tell Us. *Wiley-Blackwell.

Warmly,
Loretta O'Connor


On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 7:28 AM, Ari Sherris <arieh.sherris at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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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