Can threatened languages be saved? : reversing language shift, revisited : a 21st century perspective /: reversing language shift, revisited : a 21st century perspective. (2001)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Joshua A. Fishman.
• Other Names: Fishman, Joshua A
• Contents: Why is it so hard to save a threatened language? / J.A. Fishman -- Reversing Navajo language shift, revisited / T. Lee and D. McLaughlin -- How threatened is the Spanish of New York Puerto Ricans? / O. García, J.L. Morín and K. Rivera -- A decade in the life of a two-in-one language / J.A. Fishman -- Reversing language shift in Quebec / R.Y. Bourhis -- Otomí language shift and some recent efforts to reverse it / Y. Lastra -- Reversing Quechua language shift in South America / N.H. Hornberger and K.A. King -- Irish language production and reproduction 1981-1996 / P.Ó. Riagáin -- A Frisian update of reversing language shift / D. Gorter -- Reversing language shift : the case of Basque / M.-J. Azurmendi, E. Bachoc and F. Zabaleta -- Catalan a decade later / M. Strubell -- Saving threatened languages in Africa : a case study of Oko / E. Adegbija -- Andamanese : biological challenge for language reversal / E. Annamalai and V. Gnanasundaram -- Akor itak -- our language, your language : Ainu in Japan / J.C. Maher -- Hebrew after a century of RLS efforts / B. Spolsky and E. Shohamy -- Can the shift from immigrant languages be reversed in Australia? / M. Clyne -- Is the extinction of Australia's indigenous languages inevitable? / J. Lo Bianco and M. Rhydwen -- RLS in Aotearoa/New Zealand 1989-1999 / R. Benton and N. Benton -- From theory to practice (and vice versa) / J.A. Fishman.
• Publisher Details: Clevedon [England] Buffalo : Multilingual Matters
• Publication Date: 2001
• Extent: 1 online resource (xvi, 503 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 306.4/4; Language attrition; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- Sociolinguistics; Language attrition; Taalverschuiving; Uitstervende talen; Taalpolitiek; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 1853597066; 9781853597060
• Related ISBNs: 1853594938; 9781853594939; 185359492X; 9781853594922
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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