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Language endangerment and language revitalization : an introduction
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ISBN: 3110176629 3110896583 Year: 2006 Volume: 148 Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton

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In almost every part of the world, minority languages are being threatened with extinction. At the same time, dedicated efforts are being made to document endangered languages, to maintain them, and even to revive once-extinct languages. The book presents a comprehensive overview of language endangerment and revitalization. Among the examined aspects are: degrees of endangerment, definitions of language death, causes of endangerment, types of speakers in endangerment situations, methods of documentation. The book is of interest to a wide readership, including linguists, anthropologists, sociologists, and educators.


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A grammar of Warrongo
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ISBN: 9783110238761 9783110238778 3110238772 3110238764 1306968461 Year: 2011 Publisher: Berlin De Gruyter Mouton

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Warrongo is an extinct Australian Aboriginal language that used to be spoken in northeast Australia. This volume is largely based on the rich data recorded from the last fluent speaker. It details the phonology, morphology and syntax of the language. In particular, it provides a truly scrutinizing description of syntactic ergativity - a phenomenon that is rare among the world's language. It also shows that, unlike some other Australian languages, Warrongo has noun phrases that are configurational. Overall this volume shows what can be documented of a language that has only one speaker.


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Levels in clause linkage : a crosslinguistic survey
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ISBN: 9783110519242 9783110517057 9783110516777 3110516772 3110517051 3110519240 Year: 2018 Volume: 2 Publisher: Berlin De Gruyter Mouton

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This is a cross-linguistic exploration of the use of clause linkage markers in causal, conditional, and concessive sentences. Employing a five-level classification of clause linkage based on semantic and pragmatic grounds, it shows that, within individual languages different markers exhibit different distributions on the five levels. Also, the rich evidence presented from seventeen languages from many parts of the world documents that these distributions present commonalities as well as differences across the languages of the sample.

Language Endangerment and Language Revitalization
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ISBN: 311018429X 9783110184297 Year: 2006 Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton

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The Djaru language of Kimberley, Western Australia
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ISBN: 0858832526 Year: 1995 Publisher: Canberra

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Year: 2006 Publisher: Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter,

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Voice and grammatical relations: in honor of Masayoshi Shibatani
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ISBN: 9027229767 9789027229762 9789027293565 9027293562 1282155865 9781282155862 9786612155864 6612155868 Year: 2006 Volume: 65 Publisher: Amsterdam Benjamins

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This volume presents thirteen original papers dealing with various aspects of two related areas of research of major concern to linguists of all theoretical persuasions: voice and grammatical relations. The papers are written from typological, functional, and cognitive perspectives, and contain a number of general studies as well as studies focusing on specific issues, and offer a wealth of data from a broad range of languages. The volume provides up-to-date discussions of an array of issues of theoretical concern, including the nature of grammatical relations, voice in agent/patient systems, the expression vs. non-expression of participant roles, and personal vs. impersonal passives. The papers in the volume demonstrate that investigations into the nature of voice and grammatical relations can still yield fresh theoretical and typological insights.


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ISBN: 9783110896589 Year: 2006 Publisher: Berlin ; New York De Gruyter Mouton

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