Why one cannot preserve languages (but can preserve language ecologies)

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dc.contributor.authorMühlhäusler, P.
dc.contributor.editorBradley, D.
dc.contributor.editorBradley, M.
dc.date.issued2002
dc.description.abstractThe topic of this chapter is why one cannot preserve languages. There is much I would like to say and much I have said on this issue but I shall concentrate on one issue which I believe is crucial: Linguists have operated with a concept of language that is ill-suited to the business of reversing the decline of the world's linguistic diversity and indeed may be one of the causes that accelerates it.
dc.identifier.citationLanguage endangerment and language maintenance, 2002 / Bradley, D., Bradley, M. (ed./s), pp.34-39
dc.identifier.doi10.4324/9781315028811-10
dc.identifier.isbn0700714561
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2440/30110
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherRoutledge
dc.publisher.place11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE
dc.subjectLanguage maintenance
dc.subjectlanguage attrition
dc.titleWhy one cannot preserve languages (but can preserve language ecologies)
dc.typeBook chapter
pubs.publication-statusPublished

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