Investigating obsolescence : studies in language contraction and death / edited by Nancy C. Dorian
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- 1942993
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- Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1989
- xi, 445 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- ISBN:
- 052132405X
- Series:
- Studies in the social and cultural foundations of language ; no. 7.
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- List of contributors
- Preface
- Introduction
- Part I. Focus on Context: 1. On language death in eastern Africa Gerrit J. Dimmendaal
- 2. The disappearance of the Ugong in Thailand David Bradley
- 3. Scottish and Irish Gaelic: the giant's bed-fellows Seosamh Watson
- 4. The rise and fall of an immigrant language: Norwegian in America Einar Haugen
- 5. Breton vs. French: language and the opposition of political, economic, social, and cultural values Lois Kuter
- 6. 'Persistence' or 'tip' in Egyptian Nubian Aleya Rouchdy
- 7. Sociolinguistic creativity: Cape Breton Gaelic's linguistic 'tip' Elizabeth Mertz
- 8. Skewed performance and full performance in language obsolescence: the case of an Albanian variety Lukas D. Tsitsipis
- 9. On the social meaning of linguistic variability in language death situations: variation in Newfoundland French Ruth King
- 10. The social functions of relativization in obsolescent and non-obsolescent languages Jane H. Hill
- Part II. Focus on Structure: 11. Problems in obsolescence research: the Gros Ventres of Montana Allan R. Taylor
- 12. The structural consequences of language death Lyle Campbell and Martha C. Muntzel
- 13. On signs of health and death Eric P. Hamp
- 14. Case usage among the Pennsylvania German sectarians and nonsectarians Marion Lois Huffines
- 15. Estonian among immigrants in Sweden Katrin Maandi
- 16. The incipient obsolescence of polysynthesis: Cayuga in Ontario and Oklahoma Marianne Mithun
- 17. Urban and non-urban Egyptian Nubian: is there a reduction in language skill? Aleya Rouchdy
- 18. Some lexical and morphological changes in Warlpiri Edith L. Bavin
- 19. Language contraction and linguistic change: the case of Welland French Raymond Mougeon and Edouard Beniak
- 20. Lexical innovation and loss: the use and value of restricted Hungarian Susan Gal
- Part III. Invited Commentaries: 21. Some people who don't talk right: universal and particular in child language, aphasia, and language obsolescence Lise Menn
- 22. Language obsolescence and language history: matters of linearity, leveling, loss, and the like Henry M. Hoenigwald
- 23. Language convergence and language death as social processes Kathryn A. Woolard
- 24. Pidgins, creoles, immigrant, and dying languages Suzanne Romaine
- 25. The 'up' and 'down' staircase in secondary language development Roger W. Anderson
- Bibliography
- Index of languages
- General index.
- Notes:
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- Includes indexes.
- Bibliography: p. 395-421.
- Subject:
- Language obsolescence
- Other authors/contributors:
- Dorian, Nancy C
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