Description
Product ID: | 9781032401973 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Series: | Routledge Handbooks in Applied Linguistics |
Title: | The Routledge Handbook of Language Revitalization |
Authors: | Author: Gerald Roche, Leena Huss, Leanne Hinton |
Page Count: | 552 |
Subjects: | Sociolinguistics, Sociolinguistics, Social and cultural anthropology, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography |
Description: | Select Guide Rating This is the first comprehensive overview of the language revitalization movement across all continents. Featuring 47 chapters from a global range of top scholars, the handbook is divided into 2 parts: (1) expands on issues of theory and practice; (2) covers regional perspectives in an effort to globalize and decolon The Routledge Handbook of Language Revitalization is the first comprehensive overview of the language revitalization movement, from the Arctic to the Amazon and across continents. Featuring 47 contributions from a global range of top scholars in the field, the handbook is divided into two parts, the first of which expands on language revitalization issues of theory and practice while the second covers regional perspectives in an effort to globalize and decolonize the field. The collection examines critical issues in language revitalization, including:
The volume also contains chapters on the kinds of language that are less often researched such as the revitalization of music, of whistled languages and sign languages, and how languages change when they are being revitalized. The Routledge Handbook of Language Revitalization is the ideal resource for graduate students and researchers working in linguistic anthropology and language revitalization and endangerment. |
Imprint Name: | Routledge |
Publisher Name: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2022-08-29 |