Ebook: Preservation of North American Indian Languages
Author: Marianne Mithun
- Genre: Linguistics // Foreign
- Tags: American Indian Languages, Bilingual Education, College Programs, Cooperation, Cultural Pluralism, Data Collection, Federal Legislation, Higher Education, Language Maintenance, Language Planning, Language Research, Linguistics, Research Methodology, Research Needs, Researchers, Social Responsibility, Technical Assistance, Uncommonly Taught Languages
- Year: 1993
- Publisher: Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse
- City: Washington, D.C.
- Language: English
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A discussion of the crisis in preservation of North American Indian languages looks at a variety of general and specific issues. First, it examines briefly current efforts by international organizations for maintenance of endangered languages worldwide. The discussion then turns to North American Indian languages, and particularly to three issues: (1) how to set priorities about which languages and varieties of Read more...