Indigenous Language Unification

[Christina Paulston]

In answer to Kerim Friedman's query.
	Try B. Brown, "The social consequences of writing Louisiana French"  
Lge in Society, 1993, 22, 67-101.  She references her dissertation in  
that article as well.  Standardization does not necessarily combat lge  
loss, you'll find.  Ladin is a very interesting case.  C B Paulston
On Apr 14, 2008, at 9:38 PM, Kerim Friedman wrote:

> Dear list members,
>
> I'm trying to find examples of indigenous communities who agreed to
> overcome considerable language variation to adopt a single unified
> standard in order to be able to combat language loss.
>
> Any information would be helpful, but actual citations would be even
> more welcome.
>
> Please reply off-list and I will summarize and repost to the list.
>
> oxusnet at gmail.com
>
> Thanks!
>
> kerim
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