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Zusatztext this volume makes several significant contributions to the literature on endangered languages and language revitalization Informationen zum Autor Peter K. Austin, Marit Rausing Chair in Field Linguistics, SOAS, University of London, Julia Sallabank, Senior Lecturer in Language Support and Revitalisation, SOAS, University of London Klappentext Minority languages are abandoned as people switch to larger languages and governments promote linguistic unity. This volume examines beliefs about endangered languages among speakers and linguists, which have important implications for preserving endangered languages, as well as for language policy at local, national and international levels. Zusammenfassung Minority languages are abandoned as people switch to larger languages and governments promote linguistic unity. This volume examines beliefs about endangered languages among speakers and linguists, which have important implications for preserving endangered languages, as well as for language policy at local, national and international levels. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Peter K. Austin and Julia Sallabank: Introduction Part 1: Case studies: beliefs and ideologies in endangered language communities 2: Tadhg Ó hIfearnáin: Paradoxes of engagement with Irish language community management, practice and ideology 3: Chryso Hadjidemetriou: Fluidity in language beliefs: The beliefs of the Kormakiti Maronite Arabic speakers of Cyprus towards their language 4: Olimpia Rasom: Reflections on the promotion of an endangered language: The case of Ladin women in the Dolomites (Italy) 5: Anna-Kaisa Räisänen: Minority language use in Kven Communities - Language Shift or Revitalisation 6: Peter K. Austin: Going, going, gone? The ideologies and politics of Gamilaraay-Yuwaalaraay endangerment and revitalisation 7: Lise Dobrin: Language shift in an 'importing culture': The cultural logic of the Arapesh roads Part 2: Language documentation and revitalisation: what and why? 8: Yan Marquis and Julia Sallabank: Ideologies, beliefs and revitalisation of Guernesiais (Guernsey) 9: Jane Freeland and Eloy Frank Gómez: Local language ideologies and their implications for language revitalisation among the Mayangna Indians of Nicaragua's multilingual Caribbean Coast region 10: James Costa: Must we save the language? Children's discourse on language and community in Provençal and Scottish language revitalisation movements 11: Jeanette King: Revitalising the Maori language? 12: Pierpaolo Di Carlo and Jeff Good: What are we trying to preserve? Diversity, change, and ideology at the edge of the Cameroonian Grassfields 13: Jessica Boynton: The cost of language mobilisation: Wangkatha language ideologies and Native Title 14: Tonya N. Stebbins: Finding the languages we go looking for 15: Vicki Couzens and Christina Eira: Meeting point: Parameters for the study of revival languages Part 3: From local to international: Interdisciplinary and international views 16: Lenore A. Grenoble and Simone S. Whitecloud: Conflicting goals, ideologies and beliefs in the field 17: Colette Grinevald and Michael Bert: Whose ideology, where and when? Rama (Nicaragua) and Francoprovençal (France) experiences 18: Anahit Minasyan: UN discourse on linguistic diversity and multilingualism: actor analysis, ideological foundations and instrumental functions 19: Bernard Spolksy: Language beliefs and the management of endangered languages ...
