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Author:   Kenneth L. Rehg (Professor of Linguistics, Professor of Linguistics, University of Hawai'i at Manoa) ,  Lyle Campbell (Professor of Linguistics, Professor of Linguistics, University of Hawai''i at Manoa)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 25.40cm , Height: 6.10cm , Length: 17.80cm
Weight:   1.760kg
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9780190610029

ISBN 10:   0190610026
Pages:   976
Publication Date:   06 September 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Foreword Michael Krauss Introduction Lyle Campbell and Kenneth L. Rehg Part I: Endangered Languages (1) The status of the world's endangered languages Anna Belew and Sean Simpson (2) Assessing degrees of language endangerment Nala H. Lee and John R. Van Way (3) Language contact and language endangerment Sarah G. Thomason (4) Indigenous language rights-miner's canary or mariner's tern? Teresa L. McCarty Part II: Language Documentation (5) The goals of language documentation Richard Rhodes and Lyle Campbell (6) Documentation, linguistic typology, and formal grammar Keren Rice (7) The design and implementation of documentation projects for spoken languages Shobhana Chelliah (8) Endangered sign languages: An introduction James Woodward (9) Design and implementation of collaborative language documentation projects Racquel-María Sapién (10) Tools and technology for language documentation and revitalization Keren Rice and Nick Thieberger (11) Corpus compilation and exploitation in language documentation projects Ulrike Mosel (12) Writing grammars of endangered languages Amber Camp, Lyle Campbell, Victoria Chen, Nala H. Lee, Matthew Lou-Magnuson, and Samantha Rarrick (13) Compiling dictionaries of endangered languages Kenneth L. Rehg (14) Orthography design and implementation for endangered languages Michael Cahill (15) Language archiving Andrea L. Berez-Kroeker and Ryan E. Henke (16) Tools from the ethnography of communication for language documentation Simeon Floyd (17) Language documentation in diaspora communities Daniel Kaufman & Ross Perlin (18) Ethics in language documentation and revitalization Jeff Good Part III: Language Revitalization (19) Approaches to and strategies for language revitalization Leanne Hinton (20) Comparative analysis in language revitalization practices: addressing the challenge Gabriela Pérez Báez, Rachel Vogel, and Eve Okura Koller (21) The linguistics of language revitalization: Problems of acquisition and attrition William O'Grady (22) New media for endangered languages Laura Buszard-Welcher (23) Language recovery paradigms Alan R. King (24) Myaamiaataweenki: Revitalization of a sleeping language Daryl Baldwin and David J. Costa (25) Language revitalization in kindergarten: A case study of Truku Seediq language immersion Apay Tang (26) Mâori: Revitalisation of an endangered language Jeanette King (27) Language revitalization in Africa Bonny Sands (28) Planning minority language maintenance: challenges and limitations Sue Wright Part IV: Endangered Languages and Biocultural Diversity (29) Congruence between species and language diversity David Harmon and Jonathan Loh (30) Sustaining biocultural diversity Luisa Maffi (31) Traditional and local knowledge systems as language legacies critical for conservation Will C. McClatchey (32) Climate change and its consequences for cultural and language endangerment Christopher P. Dunn (33) Interdisciplinary language documentation Gary Holton (34) Why lexical loss and culture death endanger science Ian Mackenzie and Wade Davis Part V: Looking to the Future (35) Funding the documentation and revitalization of endangered languages Susan Penfield (36) Teaching linguists to document endangered languages Carol Genetti (37) Training language activists to support endangered languages Nora C. England (38) Designing mobile applications for endangered languages Steven Bird (39) Indigenous language use impacts wellness Alice Taff, Melvatha Chee, Jaeci Hall, Millie Yéi Dulitseen Hall, Kawenniyóhstha Nicole Martin, Annie Johnston Afterword David Crystal

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The 39 chapters in The Oxford Handbook of Endangered Languages represent the breadth of the field and aim to outline current controversies and methodologies ... Case studies, drawn from around the world, are used to illustrate the ethical issues of inclusive work with language communities ... Recommended. * J. Adlington, CHOICE *

Author Information

Kenneth L. Rehg is an Associate Professor of Linguistics at the University of Hawai'i at Mânoa (retired) and an authority on the languages of Micronesia. He is the (co)author of three books and numerous papers on these languages and the founding editor of Language Documentation & Conservation. His interests include language documentation, lexicography, phonology, historical linguistics, and the application of linguistics to the formation of educational policies and practices in the developing nations of the Pacific. Lyle Campbell is Emeritus Professor of Linguistics at the University of Hawai'i at Mânoa. He has held joint appointments in Linguistics, Anthropology, Behavioral Research, Latin American Studies, and Spanish, and has been a Visiting Professor in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Finland, Germany, Mexico, New Zealand, and Spain. His interests include language documentation, historical linguistics, indigenous languages of the Americas, and typology.

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