Linguistic Genocide or Superdiversity? - New and Old Language Diversities

Are we facing an immense wave of language death or a period of remarkable new linguistic variation? Or both? This book answers the question by analysing studies of language endangerment and loss along with those of language change, revitalization and diversity.

About the author

Reetta Toivanen is an Adjunct Professor for social and cultural anthropology and a Finnish Academy Research Fellow at the Erik Castrén Institute of International Law and Human Rights at the University of Helsinki, Finland. Her main research interests are ethnic and language minorities, indigenous peoples, minority rights, revitalization and politics of recognition.
Janne Saarikivi is a Fellow at the Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies, University of Helsinki, Finland. His research interests include historical linguistics, sociolinguistics and Finno-Ugrian languages.

Product details

• Assisted by: Janne Saarikivi (Editor), Reetta Toivanen (Editor)
• Publisher: Channel View Publications Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.07.2016
• EAN: 9781783096053
• ISBN: 978-1-78309-605-3
• No. of pages: 376
• Dimensions: 269 mm x 165 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 726 g
• Series: Linguistic Diversity and Language Rights; Linguistic Diversity and Langu
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics