Title: The green book of language revitalization in practice /
Authors: Hinton, Leanne; Hale, Kenneth L. 1934-2001
Publisher: Academic Press,
Year: 2001
Subjects: Language revival; Language; Anthropology
Abstract: With world-wide environmental destruction and globalization of economy, a few languages, especially English, are spreading rapidly in use, while thousands of other languages are disappearing, taking with them important cultural, philosophical and environmental knowledge systems and oral literatures. We all stand to suffer from such a loss, none more so than the communities whose very identity is being threatened by the impending death of their languages. In response to this crisis, indigenous communities around the world have begun to develop a myriad of projects to keep their languages alive. This volume is a set of detailed accounts about the kind of work that is going on now as people struggle for their linguistic survival. It also serves as a manual of effective practices in language revitalization.- Publisher's description.
Contents: Language revitalization: an overview / Leanne Hinton -- Diversity in local language maintenance and restoration: a reason for optimism / Anna Ash, Jessie Little Doe Fermino, Ken Hale -- Language policy -- Federal language policy and indigenous languages in the United States / Leanne Hinton -- To help assure the survival and continuing vitality of native American languages / Robert D. Arnold -- Language planning / Leanne Hinton -- Introduction to the Pueblo languages / Leanne Hinton -- Native language planning: a pilot process in the Acoma Pueblo Community / Christine P. Sims -- The key to cultural survival: language planning and revitalization in the Pueblo de Cochiti / Regis Pecos, Rebecca Blum-Martinez -- The Navajo language / Ken Hale -- Navajo head start language study / Paul R. Platero -- Maintenance and revitalization of national indigenous languages -- Introduction to revitalization of national indigenous languages / Leanne Hinton -- Introduction to the Welsh language / Leanne Hinton -- Welsh: a European case of language maintenance / Gerald Morgan -- Introduction to the Maori language / Ken Hale -- Te Kohanga Reo: Maori language revitalization / Jeanette King -- An introduction to the Hawaiian language / Leanne Hinton -- The movement to revitalize Hawaiian language and culture / Sam L. No'eau Warner -- Mai Loko Mai O ka 'I'ini: proceeding from a dream: The 'Aha Punana Leo Connection in Hawaiian language revitalization / William H. Wilson, Kauanoe Kamana.