Language Diversity in the Pacific : Endangerment and Survival /
Language Diversity in the Pacific : Endangerment and Survival /
ed. by Denis Cunningham, David E. Ingram, Kenneth Sumbuk.
- 1 online resource (232 p.)
- Multilingual Matters .
Frontmatter -- Dedication to Professor Stephen A. Wurm -- Contents -- Foreword -- Editors’ Note -- 1. Language Diversity in the Pacific: Endangerment and Survival: An Overview -- 2. World Languages Review: Some Data -- 3. Naming Languages, Drawing Language Boundaries and Maintaining Languages with Special Reference to the Linguistic Situation in Papua New Guinea -- 4. Obstacles to Creating an Inventory of Languages in Indonesia: A Dialectology Perspective -- 5. Keeping Track of Indigenous Language Endangerment in Australia -- 6. Papua New Guinea’s Languages: Will They Survive? -- 7. Language Endangerment and Globalisation in the Pacific -- 8. Endangered Languages of China and South-East Asia -- 9. On the Edge of the Pacific: Indonesia and East Timor -- 10. The Future of the Languages of Vanuatu and New Caledonia -- 11. Trends and Shifts in Community Language Use in Australia, 1986–1996 -- 12. Directions for Linguistic Research: Forging Partnerships in Language Development and Expansion of the Domains of Use of Australia’s Indigenous Languages -- 13. The Contribution of Language Education to the Maintenance and Development of Australia’s Language Resources -- 14. Globalisation, Languages and Technology: Some Recommendations -- The Contributors
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The Southwest Pacific from Southern China through Indonesia, Australia and the Pacific Islands constitutes the richest linguistic region of the world. That rich resource cannot be taken for granted. Some of its languages have already been lost; many more are under threat. The challenge is to describe the languages that exist today and to adopt policies that will support their maintenance.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9781853598678 9781853598685
10.21832/9781853598685 doi
2005021285
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics.
P381.P3 / L36 2006
Frontmatter -- Dedication to Professor Stephen A. Wurm -- Contents -- Foreword -- Editors’ Note -- 1. Language Diversity in the Pacific: Endangerment and Survival: An Overview -- 2. World Languages Review: Some Data -- 3. Naming Languages, Drawing Language Boundaries and Maintaining Languages with Special Reference to the Linguistic Situation in Papua New Guinea -- 4. Obstacles to Creating an Inventory of Languages in Indonesia: A Dialectology Perspective -- 5. Keeping Track of Indigenous Language Endangerment in Australia -- 6. Papua New Guinea’s Languages: Will They Survive? -- 7. Language Endangerment and Globalisation in the Pacific -- 8. Endangered Languages of China and South-East Asia -- 9. On the Edge of the Pacific: Indonesia and East Timor -- 10. The Future of the Languages of Vanuatu and New Caledonia -- 11. Trends and Shifts in Community Language Use in Australia, 1986–1996 -- 12. Directions for Linguistic Research: Forging Partnerships in Language Development and Expansion of the Domains of Use of Australia’s Indigenous Languages -- 13. The Contribution of Language Education to the Maintenance and Development of Australia’s Language Resources -- 14. Globalisation, Languages and Technology: Some Recommendations -- The Contributors
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
The Southwest Pacific from Southern China through Indonesia, Australia and the Pacific Islands constitutes the richest linguistic region of the world. That rich resource cannot be taken for granted. Some of its languages have already been lost; many more are under threat. The challenge is to describe the languages that exist today and to adopt policies that will support their maintenance.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9781853598678 9781853598685
10.21832/9781853598685 doi
2005021285
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics.
P381.P3 / L36 2006