Ethnographic Contributions to the Study of Endangered Languages

The eleven case studies assembled here strive to fill a gap in the study of endangered languages by providing much-needed sociohistorical and ethnographic context and thus connecting specific language phenomena to larger national and international issues.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Tania Granadillo is a professor of anthropology at the University of Western Ontario. Her research focuses on the endangered languages of the Amazon. Heidi A. Orcutt-Gachiri is currently affiliated with the University of Arizona. Her research has focused on the effects of the discourses of education, nationalism, and development on language endangerment in Kenya.

Produktdetails

• Mitarbeit: Tania Granadillo (Herausgeber), Heidi A Orcutt-Gachiri (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: The University of Arizona Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 24.06.2025
• EAN: 9780816555598
• ISBN: 978-0-8165-5559-8
• Seiten: 248
• Gewicht: 454 g
• Thema: Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Ethnologie > Völkerkunde