Can Threatened Languages Be Saved: Reversing Language Shift, Revisited : A 21st Century Perspective - Couverture rigide

9781853594939: Can Threatened Languages Be Saved: Reversing Language Shift, Revisited : A 21st Century Perspective

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ISBN 10 : 1853594938 ISBN 13 : 9781853594939

Editeur : Multilingual Matters, 2001

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Defenders of threatened languages all over the world, from advocates of biodiversity to dedicated defenders of their own cultural authenticity, are often humbled by the immensity of the task that they are faced with when the weak and the few seek to find a safe-harbour against the ravages of the strong and the many. This book provides both practical case studies and theoretical directions from all five continents and advances thereby the collective pursuit of "reversing language shift" for the greater benefit of cultural democracy everywhere.

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� propos de l?auteur

Joshua A. Fishman is retired Emeritus Distinguished University Research Professor (Yeshiva University and Stanford University) and a frequent award recipient, lecturer, and publisher. He is also the co-founder of the field of sociolinguistics and founding editor of The International Journal of the Sociology of Language.

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