Endangered Languages of Austronesia
Title | Endangered Languages of Austronesia PDF eBook |
Author | Margaret Florey |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | 319 |
Release | 2010 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 0199544549 |
This book explores the challenges to linguistic vitality confronting many minority languages in the highly diverse and geographically far-flung Austronesian language family. The contributions bring together Indigenous language activists and academic researchers with a long-standing commitment to language documentation.
Documenting and Revitalizing Austronesian Languages
Title | Documenting and Revitalizing Austronesian Languages PDF eBook |
Author | Victoria Rau |
Publisher | Natl Foreign Lg Resource Ctr |
Total Pages | 257 |
Release | 2008-09 |
Genre | Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | 0824833090 |
This is a National Foreign Language Resource Center conference volume and special issue of Language Documentation and Conservation, an open-access journal (http: //nflrc.hawaii.edu/ldc/).
Endangered Austronesian and Australian Aboriginal Languages
Title | Endangered Austronesian and Australian Aboriginal Languages PDF eBook |
Author | Gunter Senft |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 232 |
Release | 2010 |
Genre | Aboriginal Australians |
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The anthology focuses mainly on endangered Oceanic languages, with articles on Vanuatu by Darrell Tryon and the Marquesas by Gabriele Cablitz, on situations of loss and gain by Ingjerd Homī¸ and on the Kilivila language of the Trobriands by the editor. Nick Thieberger, Peter Wittenburg and Paul Trilsbeek, and David Blundell and colleagues write about aspects of linguistic archiving. Under the rubric of revitalization, Margaret Florey and Michael Ewing write about Maluku, Jakelin Troy and Michael Walsh about Australian Aboriginal languages in southeastern Australia, whilst three articles, by Sophie Nock, Diane Johnson and Winifred Crombie concern the revitalization of Maori.
The Vanishing Languages of the Pacific Rim
Title | The Vanishing Languages of the Pacific Rim PDF eBook |
Author | Osahito Miyaoka |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | 549 |
Release | 2007-04-12 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 019926662X |
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Endangered Languages
Title | Endangered Languages PDF eBook |
Author | Robert Henry Robins |
Publisher | Berg Publishers |
Total Pages | 298 |
Release | 1991 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN |
Language Diversity in the Pacific
Title | Language Diversity in the Pacific PDF eBook |
Author | Denis Cunningham |
Publisher | Multilingual Matters |
Total Pages | 230 |
Release | 2006-01-01 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 1853598674 |
The Southwest Pacific from Southern China through Indonesia, Australia and the Pacific Islands constitutes the richest linguistic region of the world. That rich resource cannot be taken for granted. Some of its languages have already been lost; many more are under threat. The challenge is to describe the languages that exist today and to adopt policies that will support their maintenance.
The Austronesian Languages
Title | The Austronesian Languages PDF eBook |
Author | R. A. Blust |
Publisher | Pacific Linguistics Research School of Pacific and Asian Stu |
Total Pages | 864 |
Release | 2009 |
Genre | Foreign Language Study |
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