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This book provides an overview of the issues surrounding language loss. It brings together work by theoretical linguists, field linguists, and non-linguist members of minority communities to provide an integrated view of how language is lost, from sociological and economic as well as from linguistic perspectives. The contributions to the volume fall into four categories. The chapters by Dorian and Grenoble and Whaley provide an overview of language endangerment. Grinevald, England, Jacobs, and Nora and Richard Dauenhauer describe the situation confronting threatened languages from both a linguistic and sociological perspective. The understudied issue of what (beyond a linguistic system) can be lost as a language ceases to be spoken is addressed by Mithun, Hale, Jocks, and Woodbury. In the last section, Kapanga, Myers-Scotton, and Vakhtin consider the linguistic processes which underlie language attrition.

Sociolinguistics --- Changement (Linguistique) --- Changement linguistique --- Compétence linguistique--Perte --- Langage -- Aspects sociaux --- Langage -- Sociologie --- Langage et langues--Sauvegarde --- Langage et société --- Langage--Changement --- Langage--Evolution --- Language and languages -- Social aspects --- Language and languages -- Sociological aspects --- Language and society --- Language attrition --- Language loss --- Language maintenance --- Langues -- Aspects sociaux --- Langues -- Sociologie --- Langues de minorités --- Langues--Changement --- Langues--Evolution --- Linguistic change --- Linguistic minorities --- Minderheden--Talen --- Minderheidstalen --- Minorities--Languages --- Minority languages --- Minorités linguistiques --- Minorités--Langues --- Society and language --- Sociolinguistique --- Sociolinguïstiek --- Sociologie des langues --- Sociologie du langage --- Sociology of language --- Société et langage --- Taal--Evolutie --- Taal--Verandering --- Taalbehoud --- Taalbekwaamheid [Verlies van de ] --- Taalevolutie --- Taalminderheden --- Taalverandering --- Talen van minderheden --- Talen--Evolutie --- Talen--Verandering --- Évolution linguistique --- Language attrition. --- Language maintenance. --- Linguistic change. --- Linguistic minorities. --- Sociolinguistics. --- Allophones (Sociolinguistique) --- Communautés linguistiques --- Groupes linguistiques --- Langues minorisées --- Langues minoritaires --- Minderheden -- Talen --- Minorities -- Languages --- Minorités -- Langues --- Arts and Humanities --- Language & Linguistics --- Language and languages --- Language loyalty --- Maintenance of language --- Bilingualism --- Language and culture --- Linguistics --- Sociology --- Integrational linguistics (Oxford school) --- Minorities --- Historical linguistics --- Maintenance --- Political aspects --- Minoritized languages