The Green Book of Language Revitalization in Practice - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0123493544 ISBN 13: 9780123493545

Publisher: Brill, 2001

Synopsis

Reprinted and available under ISBN 9789004254497 / E-ISBN 9789004261723.

About this title

About the Authors

Leanne Hinton is a professor of linguistics at the University of California, the director of the Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, and a consulting member of the Advocates for Indigenous California Language Survival.

Kenneth Hale has taught linguistics in the Anthropology Departments at the University of Illinois and Arizona, and since 1967, he has been teaching and doing research in the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

From the Back Cover

Six thousand languages are spoken in today's world, but while a few are spreading rapidly, thousands of others are disappearing, taking with them important cultural, philosophical, and environmental knowledge as well as the pure pleasure of conversation. We all stand to suffer from such a loss, none of us more so than those whose unique expressiveness is threatened by the possible death of their languages. In response to this crisis, communities around the world have begun to develop ways to keep their languages alive. This book, written by a host of gifted practitioners, is both a collection of detailed accounts of their work and a manual of effective revitalization techniques for people attempting to keep their voices alive.
About the Editors:
Leanne Hinton is a professor of linguistics at the University of California, Berkeley. For more than twenty-five years she has been involved in language maintenance and revitalization Dr. Hinton is a cofounder of the American Indian Language Development Institute, and is one of the main designers and trainers for the Master-Apprentice Language Learning Program.
Kenneth Hale has taught linguistics in the Anthropology Departments at the University of Illinois and Arizona, and since 1967, he has been teaching and doing research in the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy at the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology. Dr. Hale has participated in the educational programs of the American Indian Language Development and the Navajo Language Academy.

Edition details

• Publisher: Brill
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0123493544
• ISBN 13: 9780123493545
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 450
• Editor: Hinton Leanne, Hale Kenneth