Language Endangerment and Language Revitalization: An Introduction

by Tasaku Tsunoda

In almost every part of the world, minority languages are threatened with extinction. At the same time, dedicated efforts are being made to document endangered languages, to maintain them, and even to revive once-extinct languages.

The present volume examines a wide range of issues that concern language endangerment and language revitalization. Among other things, it is shown that languages may be endangered to different degrees, endangerment...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 311018429X
• ISBN13: 9783110184297
• Release Date: February 2006
• Publisher: de Gruyter Mouton
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.1"