LINGUIST List 11.2348

Mon Oct 30 2000

FYI: Endangered Lang & Literacy, Syntax of ASL

Editor for this issue: Lydia Grebenyova <lydialinguistlist.org>

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  • Nicholas Ostler, Endangered Languages and Literacy - FEL IV
  • Carol Neidle, The Syntax of ASL - 11.2318 Review: Neidle et al

    Message 1: Endangered Languages and Literacy - FEL IV

     Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2000 22:25:25 +0100
    From: Nicholas Ostler <nostlerchibcha.demon.co.uk>
    Subject: Endangered Languages and Literacy - FEL IV


    The proceedings of the Foundation for Endangered Languages' last conference in Charlotte, North Carolina, (21-24 September 2000), are now available:

    "Endangered Languages and Literacy" edited by Nicholas Ostler and Blair Rudes Bath: FEL, 2000 ISBN 0-9538248-2-9

    It is an 150-page volume, handsomely produced, with a keynote address by Ofelia Zepeda, and the contents look like this:

    Endangered Languages and Literacy Foundation for Endangered Languages Charlotte, North Carolina - 21-24 September 2000 Index of Authors 5 Index of Languages and Families 7

    Section 1 Opening the Book 9 Nicholas Ostler, Blair Rudes Preface: Endangered Languages and Literacy. 11 Ofelia Zepeda Keynote Address: On Native Language Literacy: a Personal Perspective. 13

    Section 2 Literacy from Within 17 Elena Benedicto A Community's Solution to Some Literacy Problems: the Mayangna of Nicaragua. 19 Francene Patterson Pathway to an Acceptable Orthography. 25 Gary Sobbing, Audra Vincent Technology, Literacy and Orality: the Case of the Coeur d'Alene Language. 29 R. McKenna Brown Building a Future for Our Past: Contemporary Guatemalan Mayan Literature. 35

    Section 3 Choosing an Orthography 41 Neil H. Olsen The Future of Koho: a Mon-Khmer Language of Vit Nam. 43 Claudia Y. Heinemann-Priest The Applied Linguist in Indian Country: Preservation and Revival of the Catawba language. 47 David L. Morse, Thomas M. Tehan How Do You Write Lisu? 53 Mark Sebba Orthography as Literacy: How Manx was 'Reduced to Writing'. 63

    Section 4 Literacy and Dialect Diversity 71 Tapani Salminen Four Orthographies for Forest Nenets? 73 Blair A. Rudes When You Choose, Must You Lose? Standard Orthography Versus Dialect Diversity. 74 Anne-Marie Baraby Developing a Standard Orthography for an Oral Language: the Innu (Montagnais) Experiment. 78 Thomas Field Literacy Ideologies and the Future of Gascon. 85

    Section 5 Promoting Literacy 91 Patricia Shaw Perspectives on Literacy in Endangered Language Revitalization 93 Kristin Denham, Kevin George, Erek Rensink, Jonathan Sarr Incorporating Literary Style Prior to Literacy in the Elementary Tribal School. 94 Kathleen Tacelosky Literacy Ability and Practice in Peru: an Indigenous Account. 99 Carla Paciotto The Bilingual-Bicultural Literacy Program for the Tarahumara of Chihuahua. 103 Jiwas Bawan The Prospect of Taiwanese Indigenous language Instruction in Taiwan: Looking at a Successful American Indian Community School 113 Marit Vamarasi All Literate and Nothing to Read: the Problem of the Lack of Written Literature in Rotuman. 119

    Section 6 Cautionary Notes 123 Nicholas Ostler Gaulish Literacy: a Dying Glimmer. 125 Ivy Doak, Timothy Montler Orthography, Lexicography, and Language Change. 132 Lakhan Gusain Limitations of Literacy in Bagri. 139 Julia E. Lonergan Semantic Barriers to Literacy in the Sierra Tarahumara. 142

    Foundation for Endangered Languages: Manifesto 150

    Copies are now available, at 18 pounds UK apiece, or US$30 (including surface postage and packing), from the address below. For air-mail dispatch, please add 50%.

    PAID UP MEMBERS OF THE FOUNDATION ARE ENTITLED TO A DISCOUNT OF 3 POUNDS UK OFF THE STERLING PRICE, OR US$5 OFF THE DOLLAR PRICE.

    THE CURRENT FEL SUBSCRIPTION IS 20 POUNDS (OR US$30) AT THE REGULAR RATE, [UNWAGED RATE AT 10 POUNDS (OR US$15)] WHICH ALSO ENTITLES YOU TO A YEAR's SUBSCRIPTION TO THE FEL NEWSLETTER OGMIOS.

    You can pay by - a cheque (in � sterling) payable to �Foundation for Endangered Languages�. - a check (in US $) payable to �Nicholas Ostler�. - proof of having sent an equivalent sum in your own currency to the society�s account, �Foundation for Endangered Languages�, Account no: 50073456, The Cooperative Bank (Sort code: 08-90-02), 16 St. Stephen's Street, Bristol BS1 1JR, England. - or by credit card (Visa, MasterCard, EuroCard), enclosing Card number, Expiry date (month | year), Name (as on card), and Address (as on card).

    - -------------------------------------------------------------- Nicholas Ostler President Foundation for Endangered Languages Registered Charity 1070616

    Batheaston Villa, 172 Bailbrook Lane Bath BA1 7AA England +44-1225-85-2865 fax +44-1225-85-9258 nostlerchibcha.demon.co.uk http://www.ogmios.org http://www.bris.ac.uk/Depts/Philosophy/CTLL/FEL/

    Message 2: The Syntax of ASL - 11.2318 Review: Neidle et al

     Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2000 09:04:25 -0400 (EDT)
    From: Carol Neidle <carollouis-xiv.bu.edu>
    Subject: The Syntax of ASL - 11.2318 Review: Neidle et al


    Having just read Pius ten Hacken's kind and comprehensive review of our book, I would just like to offer one piece of information in regard to the comment about the inefficiency of downloading video examples from our Web site: http://www.bu.edu/asllrp/ . These examples are also available on CD-ROM (cost: $10), along with an html page for each chapter facilitating access to the video examples in the order in which they are presented in the book. (That same CD-ROM also contains video examples to accompany many of our other publications, as well as some publications that are available in electronic format.)

    ====================================================================== Carol Neidle Boston University, MFLL carollouis-xiv.bu.edu 718 Commonwealth Ave. http://www.bu.edu/asllrp/carol.html Boston, MA 02215 phone and fax: 617-353-6218