{"product_id":"sustaining-linguistic-diversity-endangered-and-minority-languages-and-language-varieties-paperback","title":"Sustaining Linguistic Diversity: Endangered and Minority Languages and Language Varieties - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKendall A. King\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eNatalie Schilling\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eLyn Wright Fogle\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the last three decades the field of endangered and minority languages has evolved rapidly, moving from the initial dire warnings of linguists to a swift increase in the number of organizations, funding programs, and community-based efforts dedicated to documentation, maintenance, and revitalization. \u003ci\u003eSustaining Linguistic Diversity\u003c\/i\u003e brings together cutting-edge theoretical and empirical work from leading researchers and practitioners in the field. Together, these contributions provide a state-of-the-art overview of current work in defining, documenting, and developing the world's smaller languages and language varieties. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book begins by grappling with how we define endangerment--how languages and language varieties are best classified, what the implications of such classifications are, and who should have the final say in making them. The contributors then turn to the documentation and description of endangered languages and focus on best practices, methods and goals in documentation, and on current field reports from around the globe. The latter part of the book analyzes current practices in developing endangered languages and dialects and particular language revitalization efforts and outcomes in specific locations. Concluding with critical calls from leading researchers in the field to consider the human lives at stake, \u003ci\u003eSustaining Linguistic Diversity\u003c\/i\u003e reminds scholars, researchers, practitioners, and educators that linguistic diversity can only be sustained in a world where diversity in all its forms is valued.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKendall A. King\u003c\/b\u003e is an associate professor in the Department of Linguistics at Georgetown University. She is author of \u003ci\u003eLanguage Revitalization Processes and Prospects\u003c\/i\u003e and coeditor of the \u003ci\u003eEncyclopedia of Language and Education, Volume 10\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNatalie Schilling-Estes \u003c\/b\u003eis an associate professor in the Department of Linguistics at Georgetown University. She is coauthor of \u003ci\u003eAmerican English: Dialects and Variation\u003c\/i\u003e and coeditor of the \u003ci\u003eHandbook of Language Variation and Change\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLyn Fogle, Jia Jackie Lou, \u003c\/b\u003eand \u003cb\u003eBarbara Soukup \u003c\/b\u003eare doctoral students in the Department of Linguistics at Georgetown University.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 246\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.71 x 8.9 x 6.28 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 06, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52695571824947,"sku":"9781589011922","price":114.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/aFQ5czNuS2tPZ0V1UTkxTWkwREZpZz09.webp?v=1763092811","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/sustaining-linguistic-diversity-endangered-and-minority-languages-and-language-varieties-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}