Language maintenance and shift

by Pauwels, Anne

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Title Statements

Full title :Language maintenance and shift / Anne Pauwels.

Summary

"What motivates some linguistic minorities to maintain their language? Why do others shift away from it rather quickly? Are there specific conditions - environmental or personal - influencing these dynamics? What can families and communities do to pass on their 'threatened' language to the next generation? These and related questions are investigated in detail in Language Maintenance and Shift. In this fascinating book, Anne Pauwels analyses the patterns of language use exhibited by individuals and groups living in multilingual societies, and explores their efforts to maintain their heritage or minority language. She explores the various methods used to analyse language maintenance, from linguistic demography to linguistic biography, and offers guidance on how to research the language patterns and practices of linguistic minorities around the world"--

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2016.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Cambridge University Press
Place of Publication:New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:2016.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781107338869, 1107338867
oclc:ocn957169308
LC Classification:P40.5.L32
Dewey Decimal:306.44

Cover; Half-title ; Series information ; Title page ; Copyright information ; Dedication ; Table of contents ; Acknowledgements ; Introduction ; Points for discussion and tasks ; Suggestions for further reading ; Part I History, concepts, contexts and approaches

1 Pioneers in the study of language maintenance and language shift 1.1 The establishment of LM and LS as a separate field of enquiry ; 1.2 Sprachinselforschung -- study of linguistic enclaves -- as a forerunner of the field ; 1.3 The work of Heinz Kloss

1.4 The work of Einar Haugen and Uriel Weinreich 1.5 Charles Ferguson ; 1.6 Joshua Fishman ; 1.7 Pioneers of LM and LS in indigenous minority settings ; Points for discussion and tasks ; Suggestions for further reading

2 Concepts, contexts and approaches to the study of language maintenance and shift 2.1 The study of LM and LS as a subfield of language contact studies ; 2.2 Key concepts in the study of LM and LS ; 2.2.1 Language shift ; 2.2.2 Language maintenance

2.2.3 Language revival and revitalisation 2.3 Key settings for the study of LM and LS ; 2.3.1 Migrant settings ; 2.3.2 Territorial minority settings ; 2.4 Diglossia and multilingualism in the study of LM and LS…

Subjects

Changement de code (linguistique) Code switching (Linguistics) LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguist… Language maintenance -- Research Linguistic change -- Research Linguistic minorities -- Research Minderheitensprache sociolinguistics Sociolinguistique Spracherhaltung