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Query:	Endangered Language Breakdown
Author:	Serena Crivellaro
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Linguistic LingField(s):	Discourse Analysis Syntax
Summary:	Regarding query: http://www.linguistlist.org/issues/16/16-2688.html#1 Relevant Literature: DORIAN, NANCY, ed. 1989 Investigating Obsolescence: Studies in Language Contraction and Death. New York: Cambridge UP. DORIAN, NANCY. Language death : the life cycle of a Scottish Gaelic dialect. Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 1981. JONES, MARI. Language obsolescence and revitalization : linguistic change in two sociolinguistically contrasting Welsh communities. Oxford [England] : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1998. SCHMIDT, ANNETTE (1985): Young People's Dyirbal. An example of language death from Australia. Cambridge et al.: University Press, 1985 (= Cambridge Studies in Linguistics; Supplementary Volume). Similar behavior: Yan-nhangu people (Northern Australia) [dialectal variation] Zapotecan word order [syntax] Irish [incomplete acquisition by younger speakers] Australian languages, no further specification St'at'imcets (Lillooet, British Columbia) [phonetic variation] I would like to thank the respondents again for their efforts and timely answers to my query—you have been incredibly helpful!

LL Issue:	16.2815
Date Posted:	30-Sep-2005
Original Query:	Read original query
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