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 …

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 …

This book advocates for a new model of describing the practices of language revitalization,
and decolonizing the research methods used to study them. The volume provides a …

In this response to Mufwene's (2017) target article we discuss the benefits and
disadvantages of extending the ecology metaphor into studies of language vitality, focusing …

Abstract Language is commonly thought of as a means of communication and only as a
means of communication, in the narrow sense of the word. Many English-speaking countries …

Indigenous peoples around the world share a history of marginalisation, oppression,
silencing, and even displacement. Stringent assimilation policies in combination with …

This chapter presents an overview of language death, dormancy, and revival in the
Catalogue of Endangered Languages. It also presents the Catalogue's terminology and …

Background Although 'good news' stories occasionally appear in the media and on
conference programs, the overall state of Australian languages is dire, and most are no …

This paper explores the contribution of missionary linguists to the documentation,
description, and maintenance of Aboriginal languages of the Kimberley region of Western …