Endangered languages and languages in danger : : issues of documentation, policy, and language rights / / edited by Luna Filipovic and Martin Putz.

• Superior document: IMPACT: Studies in Language and Society, Volume 42
• Author: International L.A.U.D.-Symposium
• TeilnehmendeR: Filipović, Luna,; Putz, Martin,; International L.A.U.D.-Symposium (36th : 2014 : Universität Koblenz-Landau)
• Place / Publishing House: Amsterdam, [Netherlands] ;, Philadelphia, [Pennsylvania] : : John Benjamins Publishing Company,, 2016.; ©2016
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Impact, studies in language and society ; Volume 42.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (425 p.)
• Notes: "The collection of contributions included in this volume was originally presented at the 36th International LAUD Symposium on Endangered Languages, which took place on March 31-April 3, 2014 at the University of Koblenz-Landau (Landau campus). The chapters in this volume include a selection of a small portion of the papers that were presented at this conference. A second collection of papers stemming from the Landau conference was edited by Martin Pütz and Neele Mundt (2016) and is entitled "Vanishing Languages in Context: Ideological, Attitudinal and Social Identity Perspectives."
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
• ISSN: 1385-7908
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Luna Filipovic and Martin Putz.

This peer-reviewed collection brings together the latest research on language endangerment and language rights. It creates a vibrant, interdisciplinary platform for the discussion of the most pertinent and urgent topics central to vitality and equality of languages in today's globalised world. The novelty of the volume lies in the multifaceted view on the variety of dangers that languages face today, such as extinction through dwindling speaker populations and lack of adequate preservation policies or inequality in different social contexts (e.g. access to justice, education and research resources). There are examples of both loss and survival, and discussion of multiple factors that condition these two different outcomes. We pose and answer difficult questions such as whether forced interventions in preventing loss are always warranted or indeed viable. The emerging shared perspective is that of hope to inspire action towards improving the position of different languages and their speakers through research of this kind.