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Author:   Mari C. Jones (University of Cambridge) ,  Christopher Connolly
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.70cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.460kg
ISBN:  

9781107049598

ISBN 10:   1107049598
Pages:   228
Publication Date:   04 December 2014
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introductory essay. Endangered languages in the new multilingual order per genus et differentiam Nicholas Ostler; Part I. Creating New Technologies for Endangered Languages: 1. The Kiranti comparable corpus: a prototype corpus for the comparison of Kiranti languages and mythology Aimée Lahaussois; 2. European dialect syntax: towards an infrastructure for documentation and research of endangered dialects Sjef Barbiers; 3. Keyboard layouts: lessons from the Meꞌphaa and Sochiapam Chinantec designs Hugh Paterson, III; 4. Rule-based machine translation for Aymara Matt Coler and Petr Homola; 5. Data management and analysis for endangered languages Dorothee Beermann; 6. Endangered languages, technology and learning: immediate applications and long-term considerations Russell Hugo; Part II. Applying New Technologies to Endangered Languages: 7. Digital curation and event-driven methods at the service of endangered languages Bernard Bel and Médéric Gasquet-Cyrus; 8. 'Allant contre vent et mathée': Jèrriais in the twenty-first century Anthony Scott Warren and Geraint Jennings; 9. The use of new technologies in the preservation of an endangered language: the case of Frisian Tjeerd de Graaf, Cor van der Meer and Lysbeth Jongbloed-Faber; 10. Language description and documentation from the native speaker's point of view: the case of the Tundra Yukaghir Cecilia Odé; 11. American Indian sign language: documentary linguistic methodologies and technologies Jeffrey E. Davis.

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'This volume presents groundbreaking work on the opportunities and challenges of using technology in the study and revitalization of endangered languages and is sure to become a foundational work in this field.' Lenore A. Grenoble, University of Chicago This volume presents groundbreaking work on the opportunities and challenges of using technology in the study and revitalization of endangered languages and is sure to become a foundational work in this field. Lenore A. Grenoble, University of Chicago

'This volume presents groundbreaking work on the opportunities and challenges of using technology in the study and revitalization of endangered languages and is sure to become a foundational work in this field.' Lenore A. Grenoble, University of Chicago

Advance praise: 'This volume presents groundbreaking work on the opportunities and challenges of using technology in the study and revitalization of endangered languages and is sure to become a foundational work in this field.' Lenore A. Grenoble, University of Chicago

Author Information

Mari C. Jones is Reader in French Linguistics and Language Change at the University of Cambridge and Fellow in Modern and Medieval Languages at Peterhouse, Cambridge. A highly experienced fieldworker, she has published extensively on language obsolescence and revitalisation in relation to Insular and Continental Norman, Welsh and Breton. Her recent publications include Keeping Languages Alive (2013, edited with Sarah Ogilvie).

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