Language endangerment /

Up to ninety percent of humanity's traditional languages and cultures are at risk and may disappear this century. While language endangerment has not achieved the publicity surrounding environmental change and biodiversity loss, it is just as serious, disastrously reducing the variety of human...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Bradley, David, 1947- (Author), Bradley, Maya (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, [2019]
Series:	Key topics in linguistic anthropology.
Subjects:	Endangered languages. Endangered languages > Case studies. Language obsolescence. Language obsolescence > Case studies. Linguistic change. Linguistic change > Case studies. Case studies.

Table of Contents:

1. Introduction
2. Stages of language endangerment
3. Working in a community; case study: N/uu / by Matthias Brenzinger & Sheena Shah
4. Identity and attitudes
5. Language knowledge and use
6. The sociolinguistic setting
7. Linguistic processes
8. Policy and planning
9. Language reclamation
10. Methodology
11. Conclusion
Glossary of terms
References
Index.