Much attention has been focused on the survival of Indigenous languages in recent years.
Many, particularly anthropologists and linguists, anticipate the demise of the majority of …

Language attitudes and ideologies are of key importance in assessing the chances of
success of revitalisation efforts for endangered languages. However, few book-length …

Language and Language-in-Education Planning in the Pacific Basin examines and reviews
the ecological context (including, eg, the historical, political and educational issues) of …

This book tells the story of the renaissance of the Kaurna language, the language of
Adelaide and the Adelaide Plains in South Australia, principally over the earliest period up …

In this book, Ghil'ad Zuckermann introduces revivalistics, a new trans-disciplinary field of
enquiry surrounding language reclamation, revitalization, and reinvigoration. Applying …

Traditionally language planning research has focused on the actions of governments and
similar macro-level institutions. Language planning as an academic discipline began in the …

Micro or local language planning, which is a relatively new way of thinking about the field of
language planning and policy (LPP), has come about as a realisation of two converging …

The revival of Hebrew is so far the most successful known reclamation of a sleeping tongue
and is a language movement that has been in progress for more than 120 years. By …

Germany and Australia are examples of countries characterised by a tension between their
plurilingual populations and their monolingual mindsets. This paper sets out to make a …

Revitalising Language in Provence: A Critical Approach questions the concept of language
revitalization and challenges the field's main tenets through a detailed analysis Southern …