Endangered Austronesian and Australian Aboriginal languages :
essays on language documentation, archiving, and revitalization /
edited by Gunter Senft.

Description

Related Names

Senft, Gunter, 1952-
Australian National University. Pacific Linguistics.

Language(s)

English

Published

Canberra, ACT : Pacific Linguistics, College of Asia and the Pacific, Australian National University, 2010.

Subjects

Austronesiska språk.
Language revival.
Language obsolescence.
Language maintenance.
Language attrition.
Endangered languages.
Cultural property > Cultural property / Protection.
Austronesian languages.
Aboriginal Australians > Aboriginal Australians / Languages.
Australian languages.
Archives and archiving.
Language - Maintenance.
Indigenous peoples - Pacific - Maori.
Gamilaraay / Gamilaroi / Kamilaroi language (D23) (NSW SH55-12)
Compétence linguistique > Compétence linguistique / Perte.
Langage et langues > Langage et langues / Renouveau.
Langues menacées.
Langues austronésiennes.
Langues australiennes.
Langage et langues > Langage et langues / Disparition > Langage et langues / Disparition / Australie.
Langage et langues > Langage et langues / Disparition > Langage et langues / Disparition / Pacifique, Îles du.
Australian languages.
Cultural property > Cultural property / Protection.
Language maintenance.
Language attrition.
Language revival.
Endangered languages.
Austronesian languages.
Aboriginal Australians > Aboriginal Australians / Languages.
Language obsolescence > Language obsolescence / Australia.
Language obsolescence > Language obsolescence / Islands of the Pacific.
Pacific Ocean > Pacific Ocean / Islands of the Pacific.
Australia.
New Zealand (NZ)
Australia.
Papua New Guinea (PNG)
Pacific Islands.
Vanuatu.
New South Wales (NSW)

Summary

The anthology focuses mainly on endangered Oceanic languages, with articles on Vanuatu by Darrell Tryon and the Marquesas by Gabriele Cablitz, on situations of loss and gain by Ingjerd Hom︠ and on the Kilivila language of the Trobriands by the editor. Nick Thieberger, Peter Wittenburg and Paul Trilsbeek, and David Blundell and colleagues write about aspects of linguistic archiving. Under the rubric of revitalization, Margaret Florey and Michael Ewing write about Maluku, Jakelin Troy and Michael Walsh about Australian Aboriginal languages in southeastern Australia, whilst three articles, by Sophie Nock, Diane Johnson and Winifred Crombie concern the revitalization of Maori.

Physical Description

vi, 221 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.

ISBN

0858836238
9780858836235

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