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Endangered Languages of Austronesia

Margaret Florey

Abstract

This book explores challenges to linguistic vitality confronting many minority languages in the highly diverse and geographically far-flung Austronesian language family. The contributions bring together Indigenous language activists and academic researchers with a long-standing commitment to language documentation in Taiwan, the Philippines, Indonesia, Brunei, East Timor, and Vanuatu. Working in partnership with Indigenous communities, the research in this book is the forefront of the development of innovative capacity building strategies and is part of cutting edge, practical solutions for la ... More

Keywords: Austronesian languages, capacity building, minority languages, language documentation, language revitalization, linguistic vitality

Bibliographic Information

Print publication date: 2009 Print ISBN-13: 9780199544547
Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: May 2010 DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199544547.001.0001

Authors

Affiliations are at time of print publication.

Margaret Florey, editor
Monash University

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Front Matter

Title Pages

List of Plates

List of Maps, Figures, and Tables

Notes on Contributors

List of Abbreviations

Part I Overview

1 Introduction

Margaret Florey

2 Language Documentation in the West Austronesian World and Vanuatu: An Overview

Alexander K. Adelaar

Part II Linguistic Vitality: Theory, Assessments, and Challenges

3 Language Endangerment Scenarios: A Case Study from Northern Central Sulawesi

Nikolaus P. Himmelmann

4 Digging for the Roots of Language Death in Eastern Indonesia: The Cases of Kayeli and Hukumina

Charles E. Grimes

5 Maintaining Vera in Rongga: Struggles over Culture, Tradition, and Language in Modern Manggarai, Flores, Indonesia

I Wayan Arka

6 Why the Philippine Negrito Languages are Endangered

Thomas N. Headland

Part III Capacity Building and Revitalization Initiatives

7 New Directions in Field Linguistics: Training Strategies for Language Documentation in Indonesia

Margaret Florey and Nikolaus P. Himmelmann

8 Anxious Respect for Linguistic Data: The Pacific and Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC) and the Resource Network for Linguistic Diversity (RNLD)

Nick Thieberger

9 Preserving and Promoting Indigenous Languages in Vanuatu: Possibilities and Constraints

Hannah Vari‐Bogiri

10 Waima'a: Challenges for Language Documentation and Maintenance in East Timor

John Hajek and John Bowden

11 To Be or Not to Be: Challenges Facing Eastern Penan in Borneo

Peter Sercombe

Part IV Pedagogical Approaches to Revitalization and Maintenance

12 Digital Transmission of Language and Culture: Rethinking Pedagogical Models for E‐Learning

D. Victoria Rau and Meng‐Chien Yang

13 Neverver: A Study of Language Vitality and Community Initiatives

Julie Barbour

14 First Language Education in Multilingual Contexts in the Philippines

Catherine Young

End Matter

References

Index of Subjects

Index of Place Names

Index of Languages