Lessons from Fort Apache: Beyond Language Endangerment and Maintenance

by M. Eleanor Nevins

This incisive ethnographic analysis of indigenous language documentation, maintenance, and revitalization focuses on linguistic heritage issues on the Native American reservation at Fort Apache and explores the broader social, political and religious influences on changing language practices in indigenous communities. Offers a focused ethnographic analysis of an indigenous community that also explores global issues of language endangerment and maintenance...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1118424239
• ISBN13: 9781118424230
• Release Date: May 2013
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.8" x 9.8"