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Most of the seven thousand languages spoken today are at risk of disappearing in the 21st century. The current rate of language extinction is unprecedented, affecting communities and diminishing the world’s linguistic heritage. This crisis has prompted various responses from linguists; sociolinguists focus on language revitalization, seeking to reverse the shift away from minority languages, while general linguists examine the structural changes languages undergo as they decline. Recently, there has been a heightened emphasis on language documentation, which involves capturing and archiving audiovisual recordings of languages before they vanish. Linguists also grapple with the ethical dilemma of how much non-academic support to provide to the communities they study. The exploration of language endangerment is a relatively new subfield within linguistics, and this four-volume collection represents the first comprehensive effort to compile research from leading scholars over the past sixty years. The editors provide a general introduction outlining the key issues faced by researchers today, while individual volume introductions contextualize the articles. This collection serves as an essential reference for researchers and students interested in language endangerment and related fields.
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Endangered languages, Stuart McGill, Peter K. Austin
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- 2012
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