Small-language fates and prospects : lessons of persistence and change from endangered languages : collected essays / by Nancy C. Dorian ; with a Foreword By Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald and Robert M. Dixon
Language change in an obsolescent language -- Speaker skills and the speech community in a receding language context -- Language shift and language maintenance -- Language use -- Fieldwork : methods, problems, insights
Summary
In Small-Language Fates and Prospects Nancy C. Dorian gathers findings from decades of documenting a Scottish Gaelic dialect in sharp decline, presenting detailed evidence of contraction and loss while also drawing lessons for maintenance and revitalization in other endangered-language settings
Notes
Includes index
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and indexes
