31.1672, Books: Revivalistics: Zuckermann

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Date: Mon, 18 May 2020 16:22:55
From:  Oxford University Press [HumanitiesMarketing at oup.com]
Subject: Revivalistics: Zuckermann

 


Title: Revivalistics 
Subtitle: From the Genesis of Israeli to Language Reclamation in Australia and Beyond 
Publication Year: 2020 
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Book URL: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/revivalistics-9780199812790?utm_source=linguistlist&utm_medium=listserv&utm_campaign=linguistics 


Author: Ghil'ad Zuckermann

Paperback: ISBN:  9780199812790 Pages: 352 Price: U.S. $ 35.00


Abstract:

In this book, Ghil'ad Zuckermann introduces revivalistics, a new
trans-disciplinary field of enquiry surrounding language reclamation,
revitalization, and reinvigoration. Applying lessons from the Hebrew revival
of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries to contemporary
endangered languages, Zuckermann takes readers along a fascinating and
multifaceted journey into language revival and provides new insights into
language genesis.

Beginning with a critical analysis of Israeli-the language resulting from the
Hebrew revival-Zuckermann's radical theory contradicts conventional accounts
of the Hebrew revival and challenges the family tree model of historical
linguistics. Revivalistics demonstrates how grammatical cross-fertilization
with the revivalists' mother tongues is inevitable in the case of successful
"revival languages." The second part of the book then applies these lessons
from the Israeli language to revival movements in Australia and globally,
describing the "why" and "how" of revivalistics. With examples from the
Barngarla Aboriginal language of South Australia, Zuckermann proposes ethical,
aesthetic, and utilitarian reasons for language revival and offers practical
methods for reviving languages.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Anthropological Linguistics
                     General Linguistics
                     Historical Linguistics
                     Sociolinguistics


Written In: English  (eng)

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