LEADER 06154nam 2200709 a 450 001 9910781600703321 005 20230617001746.0 010 $a1-283-31210-7 010 $a9786613312105 010 $a90-272-7529-7 035 $a(CKB)2550000000064142 035 $a(EBL)794797 035 $a(OCoLC)772222789 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000555006 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11386047 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000555006 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10518270 035 $a(PQKB)10607787 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC794797 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL794797 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10509490 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL331210 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000064142 100 $a20030210d2003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aLanguage death and language maintenance$b[electronic resource] $etheoretical, practical, and descriptive approaches /$fedited by Mark Janse, Sijmen Tol 210 $aAmsterdam ;$aPhiladelphia $cJ. Benjamins Pub.$dc2003 215 $a1 online resource (262 p.) 225 1 $aAmsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory ;$vv. 240 300 $a"The present collection of papers derives from a symposium "Linguistic Bibliography and the Languages of the World", held on November 2-3, 2000 at the National Library of the Netherlands (Koninklijke Bibliotheek) ..."--Preface. 311 $a90-272-4752-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 327 $aLANGUAGE DEATH AND LANGUAGE MAINTENANCE; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION LANGUAGE DEATH AND LANGUAGE MAINTENANCE PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS; References; THE ENDANGERED LANGUAGES ISSUE AS A HOPELESS CAUSE; 1 Introduction; 2 We linguists don't care; 2.1 Theory; 2.2 The culture of linguists (as opposed to anthropologists); 3 We linguists care too much; 4 Our non-western colleagues don't care and would be unprepared to help out even if they did; 5 Conclusion; References; THE LANGUAGE SITUATION AND LANGUAGE ENDANGERMENT IN THE GREATER PACIFIC AREA 327 $a1 General remarks2 The Austronesian language group (background information); 2.1 Past migrations of the Austronesians and the history of their languages; 2.2 Classification of the Austronesian languages; 3 Endangerment of Austronesian languages (with statistics on endanger ment of Papuan languages where relevant); 3.1 Introductory remarks; 3.2 Taiwan; 3.3 The Philippines; 3.4 Indonesia; 3.4.1 Introduction; 3.4.2 Borneo; 3.4.3 Sumatra; 3.4.4 Sulawesi; 3.4.5 Maluku; 3.4.6 Timor-Flores and Bima-Sumba areas; 3.4.7 West Papua (formerly Irian Jaya); 3.4.8 East Timor; 3.5 Papua New Guinea 327 $a3.6 Solomon Islands3.6.1 Main Solomon Islands Chain; 3.6.2 The Santa Cruz Archipelago; 3.7 Vanuatu; 3.8 New Caledonia; 3.9 Fiji Area; 3.10 Polynesia; 3.11 Micronesia; 4 The Papuan languages; 4.1 Probable migrations and the history of Papuan languages; 4.2 Classification of the Papuan languages; 4.3 East Papuan languages; 4.4 Endangerment of Papuan languages; 5 The Australian languages; 5.1 The picture and history of Australian languages; 5.2 Classification of the Australian languages; Appendix: The northern islands of the Pacific world; 1 Japan, Sakhalin and The Kuril islands 327 $a2 Aleutian islands3 St. Lawrence Island; References; LANGUAGE ENDANGERMENT IN INDONESIATHE INCIPIENT OBSOLESCENCE AND ACUTE DEATH OF TEUN, NILA AND SERUA (CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MALUKU1); 1 Introduction; 2 Genetics; 3 Typology; 4 Demographic history in Indonesia and in the Netherlands; 5 Language economy in the Indonesian and Dutch settings; 6 Language obsolescence or linguistic innovation?; 7 What to salvage in acute language death?; Appendix: List of quarters in Waipia & their island and language affiliation; References; SIBE: AN ENDANGERED LANGUAGE; 1 Historical Background 327 $a2 The Evolution of the Linguistic Situation3 The Present Situation; 4 Conclusion; References; THE GRADUAL DISAPPEARANCE OF A EURASIAN LANGUAGE FAMILY THE CASE OF YENISEYAN; References; THE ENDANGERED URALIC LANGUAGES ROGIER BLOKLAND & CORNELIUS HASSELBLATT; 1 General information on the Uralic language family; 2 Geographical distribution, figures; 3 Degrees of endangerment; 4 Medium Uralic languages: Mordvin, Mari, Udmurt, Komi, and Komi-Permyak; 4.1 Mordvin: Erza and Moks?a; 4.2 Mari; 4.3 Udmurt; 4.4 Komi and Komi-Permyak 327 $a5 Smaller Uralic languages: Karelian, Saami, Nenets, Khanty, Mansi, Vepsian 330 $aLanguages are dying at an alarming rate all over the world. Estimates range from 50% to as much as 90% by the end of the century. This collection of original papers tries to strike a balance between theoretical, practical and descriptive approaches to language death and language maintenance. It provides overviews of language endangerment in Africa, Eurasia, and the Greater Pacific Area. It also presents case studies of endangered languages from various language families. These descriptive case studies not only provide data on the degree of endangerment and the causes of language death, but als 410 0$aAmsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science.$nSeries IV,$pCurrent issues in linguistic theory ;$vv. 240. 606 $aLanguage obsolescence$vCongresses 606 $aLanguage attrition$vCongresses 606 $aLanguage maintenance$vCongresses 615 0$aLanguage obsolescence 615 0$aLanguage attrition 615 0$aLanguage maintenance 676 $a417/.7 701 $aJanse$b Mark$f1959-$0176529 701 $aTol$b Sijmen$0283000 712 02$aLinguistic Bibliography and the Languages of the World$f(2000 :$eHague, Netherlands) 712 12$aLinguistic Bibliography and the Languages of the World$f(2000 :$eHague, Netherlands) 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910781600703321 996 $aLanguage death and language maintenance$93754686 997 $aUNINA