Can threatened languages be saved? : reversing language shift, revisited : a 21st century perspective

Fishman, Joshua A. (Added Author).

Record details

ISBN: 185359492X (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN: 1853594938 (alk. paper)
Physical Description: print
xvi, 503 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Publisher: Clevedon [England] ; Buffalo : Multilingual Matters, c2001.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

1. Why is it so Hard to Save a Threatened Language? / J.A. Fishman -- The Americas -- 2. Reversing Navajo Language Shift, Revisited / T. Lee and D. McLanghlin -- 3. How Threatened is the Spanish of New York Puerto Ricans? / O. Garcia, J.L. Morin and K. Rivera -- 4. A Decade in the Life of a Two-in-One Language / J.A. Fishman -- 5. Reversing Language Shift in Quebec / R.Y. Bourhis -- 6. Otomi Language Shift and Some Recent Efforts to Reverse It / Y. Lastra -- 7. Reversing Quechua Language Shift in South America / N.H. Hornberger and K.A. King -- Europe -- 8. Irish Language Production and Reproduction 1981-1996 / P.O Riagain -- 9. A Frisian Update of Reversing Language Shift / D. Gorter -- 10. Reversing Language Shift: The Case of Basque / M.-J. Azurmendi, E. Bachoc and F. Zabaleta -- 11. Catalan a Decade Later / M. Strubell -- Africa and Asia -- 12. Saving Threatened Languages in Africa: A Case Study of Oko / E. Adegbija --