Language Revitalization Processes and Prospects

Language Revitalization Processes and Prospects
Author: Kendall A. King
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Total Pages: 276
Release: 2001
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 9781853594946


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This work explores educational and community efforts to revitalize the Quichua language in two indigenous Andean communities of southern Ecuador. Analyzing the linguistic, social, and cultural processes of positive language shift, this book contributes to our understanding of formal and informal educational efforts to revitalize threatened languages.


Language Revitalization Processes and Prospects
Language: en
Pages: 276
Authors: Kendall A. King
Categories: Foreign Language Study
Type: BOOK - Published: 2001 - Publisher: Multilingual Matters

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This work explores educational and community efforts to revitalize the Quichua language in two indigenous Andean communities of southern Ecuador. Analyzing the
Revitalizing Endangered Languages
Language: en
Pages:
Authors: Justyna Olko
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-01-31 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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Of the approximately 7,000 languages in the world, at least half may no longer be spoken by the end of the twenty-first century. Languages are endangered by a n
The Green Book of Language Revitalization in Practice
Language: en
Pages: 0
Authors: Leanne Hinton
Categories: Language revival
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013 - Publisher:

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With world-wide environmental destruction and globalization of economy, a few languages, especially English, are spreading, while thousands others are disappear
The Cambridge Handbook of Endangered Languages
Language: en
Pages: 581
Authors: Peter K. Austin
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-03-24 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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It is generally agreed that about 7,000 languages are spoken across the world today and at least half may no longer be spoken by the end of this century. This s
Saving Languages
Language: en
Pages: 254
Authors: Lenore A. Grenoble
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2005-11-03 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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Language endangerment has been the focus of much attention and as a result, a wide range of people are working to revitalize and maintain local languages. This