Endangered Languages, Knowledge Systems and Belief Systems: 163 (Linguistic Insights: Studies in Language and Communication) - Softcover

Hirsh, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3034312326 ISBN 13: 9783034312325

Publisher: Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften, 2014

Synopsis

Many of the world’s 7000 documented language groups are endangered due to falling rates of language and culture transmission from one generation to the next. Some endangered language groups have been the focus of efforts to reverse patterns of linguistic and cultural loss, with variable success. This book presents case studies of endangered language groups from Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe and the Pacific (including Bisu, Iban, Iquito, Quechua, Wawa, Yi and sign languages) and of their associated knowledge and belief systems, to highlight the importance of preserving linguistic and cultural diversity. Issues of identity and pride emerge within the book, alongside discussion of language and culture policy.

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About the Author

David Hirsh is senior lecturer in TESOL (Teaching English to speakers of other languages) at the University of Sydney. His research focuses on second language development and indigenous language revitalization. He has published in Reading in a Foreign Language and Revue Française de Linguistique Appliquée, and in the volumes Teaching Academic Writing: An introduction for teachers of second language writers (2009) and Continuum Companion to Research Methods in Applied Linguistics (2010). He is co-editor of University of Sydney Papers in TESOL.

Edition details

• Publisher: Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3034312326
• ISBN 13: 9783034312325
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 168