{"product_id":"sustaining-linguistic-diversity-kendall-a-king-9781589011922","title":"Sustaining Linguistic Diversity: Endangered and Minority Languages and Language Varieties","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the last three decades the field of endangered and minority languages has evolved rapidly, moving from the initial dire warnings of linguists to a swift increase in the number of organizations, funding programs, and community-based efforts dedicated to documentation, maintenance, and revitalization. \u003ci\u003eSustaining Linguistic Diversity\u003c\/i\u003e brings together cutting-edge theoretical and empirical work from leading researchers and practitioners in the field. Together, these contributions provide a state-of-the-art overview of current work in defining, documenting, and developing the world's smaller languages and language varieties. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book begins by grappling with how we define endangerment-how languages and language varieties are best classified, what the implications of such classifications are, and who should have the final say in making them. The contributors then turn to the documentation and description of endangered languages and focus on best practices, methods and goals in documentation, and on current field reports from around the globe. The latter part of the book analyzes current practices in developing endangered languages and dialects and particular language revitalization efforts and outcomes in specific locations. Concluding with critical calls from leading researchers in the field to consider the human lives at stake, \u003ci\u003eSustaining Linguistic Diversity\u003c\/i\u003e reminds scholars, researchers, practitioners, and educators that linguistic diversity can only be sustained in a world where diversity in all its forms is valued.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kendall A. King\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1589011929\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781589011922\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Georgetown University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/06\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 246\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.82lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.28w x 0.71d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2008 pg. 279","brand":"Kendall A. King","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43939823485183,"sku":"9781589011922","price":59.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_b1b5c5e4-8151-4f2c-b77b-f10d5fe1e22d.jpg?v=1681443699","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/sustaining-linguistic-diversity-kendall-a-king-9781589011922","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}