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Title Sustaining linguistic diversity [electronic resource] : endangered and minority languages and language varieties / Kendall A. King ... [et al.], editors.

Imprint Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, c2008.

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Description viii, 238 p. : ill.
Series Georgetown University round table on languages and linguistics
Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and Linguistics. Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and Linguistics.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Contents Linguistic diversity, sustainability, and the future of the past / Suzanne Romaine -- When is an "extinct language" not extinct? / Wesley Y. Leonard -- Evaluating endangerment / M. Paul Lewis -- Endangered language varieties / Gregory R. Guy and Ana M.S. Zilles -- The linguistic negotiation of complex racialized identities by Black Appalachian speakers / Christine Mallinson -- Working at "9 to 5" Gaelic / Emily McEwan-Fujita -- Voice and biliteracy in indigenous language revitalization / Nancy H. Hornberger -- Endangering language vitality through institutional development / Tadhg O'hfearnain -- Scandinavian minority language policies in transition / Leena Huss -- Language development in Eritrea / Paul D. Fallon -- Indigenous language policies in social practice / Teresa L. McCarty, Mary Eunice Romero-Little, and Ofelia Zepeda -- Heritage language education in the United States / Joy Kreeft Peyton ... [et al.] -- Language diversity and the public interest / Walt Wolfram.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Language attrition.
Linguistic minorities.
Language revival.
Language policy.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author King, Kendall A., 1969-
ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9781589011922 (alk. paper)
1589011929 (alk. paper)

 
    
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