Can threatened languages be saved? [[electronic resource] ] : reversing language shift, revisited : a 21st century perspective / / edited by Joshua A. Fishman

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910780459403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Clevedon [England] ; ; Buffalo, : Multilingual Matters, 2001
• ISBN: 1-280-82782-3; 9786610827824; 1-85359-706-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (519 p.)
• Collana: Multilingual matters ; ; 116
• Altri autori (Persone): FishmanJoshua A
• Disciplina: 306.4/4
• Soggetti: Language attrition
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- The Contributors -- Preface -- Chapter 1. Why is it so Hard to Save a Threatened Language? (A Perspective on the Cases that Follow) -- Chapter 2. Reversing Navajo Language Shift, Revisited -- Chapter 3. How Threatened is the Spanish of New York Puerto Ricans? -- Chapter 4. A Decade in the Life of a Two-in-One Language -- Chapter 5. Reversing Language Shift in Quebec -- Chapter 6. Otomí Language Shift and Some Recent Efforts to Reverse It -- Chapter 7. Reversing Quechua Language Shift in South America -- Chapter 8. Irish Language Production and Reproduction 1981–1996 -- Chapter 9. A Frisian Update of Reversing Language Shift -- Chapter 10. Reversing Language Shift: The Case of Basque -- Chapter 11. Catalan a Decade Later -- Chapter 12. Saving Threatened Languages in Africa: A Case Study of Oko -- Chapter 13. Andamanese: Biological Challenge for Language Reversal -- Chapter 14. Akor Itak – Our Language, Your Language: Ainu in Japan -- Chapter 15. Hebrew After a Century of RLS Efforts -- Chapter 16. Can the Shift from Immigrant Languages be Reversed in Australia? -- Chapter 17. Is the Extinction of Australia’s Indigenous Languages Inevitable? -- Chapter 18. RLS in Aotearoa/New Zealand 1989–1999 -- Chapter 19. From Theory to Practice (and Vice Versa): Review, Reconsideration and Reiteration -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.

The Magdalenian household : unraveling domesticity / / Edited by Ezra Zubrow, Francoise Audouze, and James G. Enloe

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910969401403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2010
• ISBN: 9781438433684; 1438433689; 9781441680495; 1441680497
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (348 p.)
• Collana: Institute for European and Mediterranean Archaeology distinguished monograph series
• Altri autori (Persone): ZubrowEzra B. W; AudouzeFrancoise; EnloeJames G (James Gordon)
• Disciplina: 936.4
• Soggetti: Magdalenian culture - France - Paris Basin; Tools, Prehistoric - France - Paris Basin; Excavations (Archaeology) - France - Paris Basin; Social archaeology - France - Paris Basin; Verberie Site (France); Paris Basin (France) Antiquities
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""The magdalenian house hold: Unraveling Domesticity""; ""The magdalenian house hold: Unraveling Domesticity""; ""Contents""; ; ""Prefacing the Household""; ""Introduction: Domesticity Expressed""; ""Part I: Technology and Demography""; ""Chapter One: Technology and Demographics: An Introduction""; ""Chapter Two: The Magdalenian Site of Verberie (Le Buisson Campin): An Overview""; ""Chapter Three: Fauna and Site Structure at Verberie: Implications for Domesticity and Demography ""; ""Chapter Four: Technologie Lithique Verberie: Production Domestique et Apprentissage""; ""Chapter Five: Utilisation et Transformation des Matieres Osseuses au Buisson Campin (Verberie, Oise)""""Chapter Six: Pincevent and Verberie Rocks and Hearths: A Tentative Summary/ Preliminary Analysis""; ""Part II: Social Organization""; ""Chapter Seven: Introduction to Domesticity and Spatial Organization""; ""Chapter Eight: Archaeology of Equality: Magdalenian Economy""; ""Chapter Nine: GIS of Verberie: Spatial Definition of the Habitation Units""; ""Chapter Ten: Domesticity and Spatial Organization at Verberie""; ""Chapter Eleven: Espaces et Habitats au Tardiglaciairedans le Bassin Parisien: Une Illustration avec les Gisements Magdalenien de Pincevent et Azilien du Closeau""""Chapter Twelve: elements deune Organisation Sociale Magdalenienne etiolles Du Savoir-faireau Statut Social des Personnes""; ""Chapter Thirteen: Comparing Social Organizations of Magdalenian Hunter-Gatherers: A Swiss Example""; ""Part III: From Today to Yesterday: Ethnographic Comparisons""; ""Chapter Fourteen: Introduction to the Ethnographic Section: Focusing on Interpreting the Magdalenian Sites of the Paris Basin""; ""Chapter Fifteen: The Probable Sexual Division of Labor in Magdalenian Hide: Working Ethnological Evidence""""Chapter Sixteen: The Roles of Perishable Technologies in Upper Paleolithic Lives""; ""Chapter Seventeen: Slaughter and Carcass Processing of Reindeer in Siberia: Patterns and Distribution of Tasks Comparisons Between Prehistoric and Ethnoarchaeological Cases""; ""Chapter Eighteen: Methode de Reconstitution des Procedes de Traitement des Peaux en Prehistoire: Premieres Applications Archeologiques""; ""Conclusion: Domesticity Re-expressed""; ""English-French Index""
• Sommario/riassunto: A comprehensive investigation of household life during the Upper Paleolithic era.