Reversing Language Shift
Author:   Joshua A. Fishman
Publisher:   Channel View Publications Ltd
Volume:   no 76
ISBN:  

9781853591211


Pages:   448
Publication Date:   05 September 1991
Replaced By:   9781853594922
Format:   Paperback
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This superbly organised presentation consists of four introductory theoretical chapters dealing with the why, what and how of RLS, six chapters devoted to 13 separate cases from various parts of the world and four concluding chapters that both restate the underlying theory as well as apply it more broadly, beyond the mother tongue transmission nexus, to second language for which intergenerational continuity is pursued precisely as second languages.

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Author:   Joshua A. Fishman
Publisher:   Channel View Publications Ltd
Imprint:   Multilingual Matters
Volume:   no 76
Dimensions:   Width: 14.80cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 21.00cm
Weight:   0.521kg
ISBN:  

9781853591211


ISBN 10:   1853591211
Pages:   448
Publication Date:   05 September 1991
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Replaced By:   9781853594922
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Awaiting stock   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

"Part 1 Language shift - a preliminary analysis: what this book is about and why it is needed; why try to reverse language shift and is it really possible to do so; ""where"" and ""why"" does language shift occur and how can it be reversed?; how threatened is threatened? Part 2 Case studies - a baker's dozen from several continents. Part 3 Safeguarding the future: on RLS-focused language planning and on dialect-standard issues and corpus planning in particular; the intergenerational transmission of ""additional"" languages for special purpose; limitations on school effectiveness in connection with mother tongue transmission; theoretical recapitulation."

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Joshua A. Fishman is retired Emeritus Distinguished University Research Professor (Yeshiva University and Stanford University) and a frequent award recipient, lecturer, and publisher. He is also the co-founder of the field of sociolinguistics and founding editor of The International Journal of the Sociology of Language.

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