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MIT.EDU>MIT Working Papers in Linguistics is pleased to announce the publication of its 28th volume of Working Papers, "Papers on Language Endangerment and the Maintenance of Linguistic Diversity". This volume, edited by Jonathan David Bobaljik, Rob Pensalfini, and Luciana Storto, grew out of a workshop series held at MIT in January 1995. The workshop placed a particular emphasis on the thorny question of 'what works in language maintenance?', and in addition to papers presented at the workshop the editors have collected papers from other authors recommended by presenters and a preliminary bibliography drawn from the extensive bibliographies provided by members of this list. The contents of the volume are: Introduction (general questions of endangerment and survival) - Jonathan Bobaljik & Rob Pensalfini Can Senior Secondary Studies Help to Maintain and Strengthen Australia's Indigenous Languages ? - Antonio Mercurio and Rob Amery The Ulwa language wakes up - Thomas Green A report on language endangerment in Brazil - Luciana Storto Modern Irish: A Case Study in Language Revival Failure - Andrew Carnie Explaining and Reversing the Failure of the Irish Language Revival - Peter Slomanson Universal grammar and the roots of linguistic diversity - Ken Hale Language Endangerment & the Non-indigenous Minority Languages in the UK - Mahendra K. Verma Policy Statment: the need for the documentation of linguistic diversity - Linguistic Society of America A Preliminary Bibliography on Language Endangerment and Preservation - Jonathan Bobaljik, Rob Pensalfini & Luciana Storto The volume costs US$12 (+postage/handling of $2-$3 surface, $5-$12 air) and can be ordered from MIT Working Papers in linguistics by writing to them at MITWPL, MIT Room 20D-219, Cambridge MA02139, USA or by sending email to MITWPLMail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue
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