The green book of language revitalization in practice / / edited by Leanne Hinton and Ken Hale.

With world-wide environmental destruction and globalization of economy, a few languages, especially English, are spreading rapidly in use, while thousands of other languages are disappearing, taking with them important cultural, philosophical and environmental knowledge systems and oral literatures....

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Place / Publishing House:San Diego : : Academic Press.
c2001.
Year of Publication:2001
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource (468 p.)
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Other title:Preliminary Material /
Language Revitalization: An Overview /
Diversity in Local Language Maintenance and Restoration: A Reason For Optimism /
Federal Language Policy and Indigenous Languages in the United States /
\' ... To Help Assure the Survival and Continuing Vitality of Native American Languages\' /
Language Planning /
Native Language Planning: A Pilot Process in the Acoma Pueblo Community /
The Key To Cultural Survival: Language Planning and Revitalization in the Pueblo de Cochiti /
Navajo Head Start Language Study /
Introduction to Revitalization of National Indigenous Languages /
Welsh: A European Case of Language Maintenance /
Te Kohanga Reo: Maori Language Rev italization /
The Movement to Revitalize Hawaiian Language and Culture /
\'Mai Loko Mai 0 Ka 'J'ini: Proceeding from a Dream\': The 'Aha Punana Leo Connection in Hawaiian Language Revitalization /
Teaching Methods /
Teaching Well, Learning Quickly: Communication-Based Language Instruction /
Tsehootsoofdi Olta' gi Dine Bizaad Bihoo'aah: A Navajo Immersion Program at Fort Defiance, Arizona /
The Master-Apprentice Language Learning Program /
Linguistic Aspects of Language Teaching and Learning in Immersion Contexts /
New Writing Systems /
Language Revitalization in the San Juan Paiute Community and the Role of a Paiute Constitution /
Audio-Video Documentation /
Strict Locality in Local Language Media: An Australian Example /
Reflections on the Arapaho Language Project, or When Bambi Spoke Arapaho and Other Tales of Arapaho Language Revitalization Efforts /
Continuity and Vitality: Expanding Domains through Irish-Language Radio /
On Using Multimedia in Language Renewal: Observations from Making the CD-ROM Taitaduhaan /
Can the Web Help Save My Language? /
Training People to Teach Their Language /
The Role of the University in the Training of Native Language Teachers: Labrador /
Indigenous Educators as Change Agents: Case Studies of Two Language Institutes /
Promoting Advanced Navajo Language Scholarship /
Sleeping Languages: Can They Be Awakened? /
The Use of Linguistic Archives in Language Revitalization: The Native California Language Restoration Workshop /
New Life for a Lost Language /
About the Editors /
About the Authors /
Index /
Summary:With world-wide environmental destruction and globalization of economy, a few languages, especially English, are spreading rapidly in use, while thousands of other languages are disappearing, taking with them important cultural, philosophical and environmental knowledge systems and oral literatures. We all stand to suffer from such a loss, none more so than the communities whose very identity is being threatened by the impending death of their languages. In response to this crisis, indigenous communities around the world have begun to develop a myriad of projects to keep their languages alive. This volume is a set of detailed accounts about the kind of work that is going on now as people struggle for their linguistic survival. It also serves as a manual of effective practices in language revitalization.Following are the key features: 23 case studies of language revitalization in practice, from Native American languages, Australian languages, Maori, Hawaiian, Welsh, Irish, and others, written primarily by authors directly involved in the programs; short introductions situate the languages, to help make the languages more 'real' in the minds of readers; each chapter gives a detailed overview of the various kinds of programs and methods in practice today; introductions and maps for each of the languages represented familiarize the reader with their history, linguistic structure and sociolinguistic features; and, strong representation in authorship and viewpoint of the people and communities whose languages are threatened, gives the readers an inside understanding of the issues involved and the community-internal attitudes toward language loss and revitalization. This book was previously published by Academic Press under ISBN 978-01-23-49354-5.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: edited by Leanne Hinton and Ken Hale.