Language death and language maintenance : theoretical, practical, and descriptive approaches / edited by Mark Janse, Sijmen Tol.
Languages are dying at an alarming rate all over the world. Estimates range from 50% to as much as 90% by the end of the century. This collection of original papers tries to strike a balance between theoretical, practical and descriptive approaches to language death and language maintenance. It prov...
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| Series: | Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Current issues in linguistic theory ;
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Table of Contents:
- LANGUAGE DEATH AND LANGUAGE MAINTENANCE; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION LANGUAGE DEATH AND LANGUAGE MAINTENANCE PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS; References; THE ENDANGERED LANGUAGES ISSUE AS A HOPELESS CAUSE; 1 Introduction; 2 We linguists don't care; 2.1 Theory; 2.2 The culture of linguists (as opposed to anthropologists); 3 We linguists care too much; 4 Our non-western colleagues don't care and would be unprepared to help out even if they did; 5 Conclusion; References; THE LANGUAGE SITUATION AND LANGUAGE ENDANGERMENT IN THE GREATER PACIFIC AREA.
- 1 General remarks2 The Austronesian language group (background information); 2.1 Past migrations of the Austronesians and the history of their languages; 2.2 Classification of the Austronesian languages; 3 Endangerment of Austronesian languages (with statistics on endanger ment of Papuan languages where relevant); 3.1 Introductory remarks; 3.2 Taiwan; 3.3 The Philippines; 3.4 Indonesia; 3.4.1 Introduction; 3.4.2 Borneo; 3.4.3 Sumatra; 3.4.4 Sulawesi; 3.4.5 Maluku; 3.4.6 Timor-Flores and Bima-Sumba areas; 3.4.7 West Papua (formerly Irian Jaya); 3.4.8 East Timor; 3.5 Papua New Guinea.
- 3.6 Solomon Islands3.6.1 Main Solomon Islands Chain; 3.6.2 The Santa Cruz Archipelago; 3.7 Vanuatu; 3.8 New Caledonia; 3.9 Fiji Area; 3.10 Polynesia; 3.11 Micronesia; 4 The Papuan languages; 4.1 Probable migrations and the history of Papuan languages; 4.2 Classification of the Papuan languages; 4.3 East Papuan languages; 4.4 Endangerment of Papuan languages; 5 The Australian languages; 5.1 The picture and history of Australian languages; 5.2 Classification of the Australian languages; Appendix: The northern islands of the Pacific world; 1 Japan, Sakhalin and The Kuril islands.
- 2 Aleutian islands3 St. Lawrence Island; References; LANGUAGE ENDANGERMENT IN INDONESIATHE INCIPIENT OBSOLESCENCE AND ACUTE DEATH OF TEUN, NILA AND SERUA (CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MALUKU1); 1 Introduction; 2 Genetics; 3 Typology; 4 Demographic history in Indonesia and in the Netherlands; 5 Language economy in the Indonesian and Dutch settings; 6 Language obsolescence or linguistic innovation?; 7 What to salvage in acute language death?; Appendix: List of quarters in Waipia & their island and language affiliation; References; SIBE: AN ENDANGERED LANGUAGE; 1 Historical Background.
- 2 The Evolution of the Linguistic Situation3 The Present Situation; 4 Conclusion; References; THE GRADUAL DISAPPEARANCE OF A EURASIAN LANGUAGE FAMILY THE CASE OF YENISEYAN; References; THE ENDANGERED URALIC LANGUAGES ROGIER BLOKLAND & CORNELIUS HASSELBLATT; 1 General information on the Uralic language family; 2 Geographical distribution, figures; 3 Degrees of endangerment; 4 Medium Uralic languages: Mordvin, Mari, Udmurt, Komi, and Komi-Permyak; 4.1 Mordvin: Erza and Mokša; 4.2 Mari; 4.3 Udmurt; 4.4 Komi and Komi-Permyak.