Can Threatened Languages be Saved? Reversing Language Shift, Revisited: A 21st Century Perspective

Fishman, Joshua A. (editor)

ISBN 10: 1853594938 / ISBN 13: 9781853594939

Verlag: Multilingual Matters, 2001

Beschreibung

503 pages. Square and solid with light wear on covers from rubbing and interior is unmarked. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 27144

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Can Threatened Languages be Saved? Reversing Language Shift, Revisited: A 21st Century Perspective
• Verlag: Multilingual Matters
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2001
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 1853594938
• ISBN-13: 9781853594939
• Einband: Hard Cover
• Auflage: First Edition.
• Zustand: Very Good +
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Inhaltsangabe

Defenders of threatened languages all over the world, from advocates of biodiversity to dedicated defenders of their own cultural authenticity, are often humbled by the immensity of the task that they are faced with when the weak and the few seek to find a safe-harbour against the ravages of the strong and the many. This book provides both practical case studies and theoretical directions from all five continents and advances thereby the collective pursuit of "reversing language shift" for the greater benefit of cultural democracy everywhere.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

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.