Book notice: Language Endangerment and Language Revitalization

[Harold F. Schiffman]

Forwarded from LINGUIST List 17.1048, Fri Apr 07 2006

Language Endangerment and Language Revitalization: Tsunoda
An Introduction

Series Title: Mouton Textbook
Published: 2006
Publisher: Mouton de Gruyter
                http://www.mouton-publishers.com


Author: Tasaku Tsunoda, University of Tokyo

In almost every part of the world, minority languages are being threatened
with extinction. At the same time, dedicated efforts are being made to
document endangered languages, to maintain them, and even to revive
once-extinct languages. The book presents a comprehensive overview of
language endangerment and revitalization. Among the examined aspects are:
degrees of endangerment, definitions of language death, causes of
endangerment, types of speakers in endangerment situations, methods of
documentation. The book is of interest to a wide readership, including
linguists, anthropologists, sociologists, and educators.

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