Factual and theoretical explorations with special reference to east africa ed. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Bringing new life out of death, it stands well for the rebirth of the chimila language in a regenerated community. Linguapax asia nominates matthias brenzinger for the linguapax award 2017.
The frisian languages are the closest living language group to the anglic languages. Language death may manifest itself in one of the following ways. The case of bubbure in southern bauchi area, northern nigeria bt endangered languages in africa sp 227 ep 251 pb rudiger koppe cy koln kw waf kw nga kw lng kw scl kw x. David appleyard born leeds, england, 1950 is a british academic and an expert on ethiopian languages and linguistics he is professor emeritus of the languages of the horn of africa at the school of oriental and african studies soas in the university of london, where he specialized in amharic and other ethiopian semitic languages, as well as various cushitic languages of the region. Pdf the challenge of documenting africas least known.
Brenzinger 1998 represents a step towards identifying the gaps in the african literature and papers in. Uhlenbeck 1991, and brenzinger 1992, providing a more solid base for further studies. Matthias brenzinger, university of cape town it was about one and a half years ago that i finally i arrived where i had always wanted to be and do what i had always wanted teach students, support small language communities and conduct research on african languages on my doorstep. Sonstiges, journal of african languages and linguistics 10. Without adequate documentation, a language that is extinct can never be revived. Matthias brenzinger holds the mellon research chair.
Language death is a collection of papers presented at an international symposium on language death in east africa held at bad homburg germany in 1990. Documenting endangered languages and maintaining language. Similarities and differences hansjurgen sasse east african case. Studies and monographs tilsm has 28 entries in the series. A language is in danger when its speakers cease to use it, use it in an increasingly reduced number of communicative domains, and cease to pass it on from one generation to the next. Language contact and language displacement matthias brenzinger mmatthias brenzinger matthias brenzinger atthias brenzinger. Sommer, gabriele 1992 a survey on language death in africa, in brenzinger, matthias ed. He is a firstrate scholar of seminal importance in the field of language endangerment and revitalization. In linguistics, language death also language extinction, linguistic extinction or linguicide, 1 and rarely also glottophagy 2 is a process that affects speech communities where the level of linguistic competence that speakers possess of a given language variety is decreased, eventually resulting in no native andor fluent speakers of the variety. In proceedings of the 3rd international symposium on khoisan languages and linguistics, 950. The numerous language shifts and cases of language death addressed in this chapter should, however, suffice to demonstrate that language displacement is a matter of. Matthias brenzinger author of endangered languages in africa. However, few booklength studies relate attitudes to language policies, or address the changing attitudes of nonspeakers and the motivations of members of language movements. This thought provoking volume, edited by matthias brenzinger, is based on selected papers from the symposium on endangered languages in africa which was held during the 1997 2nd world congress of african linguistics in leipzig, germany.
I thank franz rottland and daniel mkude for their constant advice and support and above all for encouraging independent and critical thinking. Prices in gbp apply to orders placed in great britain only. Other similar terms include linguicide, the death of a language from natural or political causes, and rarely glottophagy, the absorption or replacement of a minor language by a major language. It was about one and a half years ago that i finally i arrived where i had always wanted to be and do what i had always wanted teach students, support small language communities and conduct research on african languages on my doorstep. Article information, pdf download for language death in africa, open epub for language death in. Regional assessment of the status of the san in southern. Contributions to the sociology of language brings to students, researchers. Factual and theoretical explorations with special reference to east africa contributions to the sociology of language csl by brenzinger, matthias isbn. Studies followed, focusing on the underlying processes that lead to language shift, as in language death, edited by matthias brenzinger. Ebook human sciences languages other languages matthias brenzinger. Other similar terms include linguicide, the death of a language from natural or political causes, and. Letter of motivation for the nomination of matthias brenzinger. Denison,norman 1977, language death or language suicide. He was previously professor of general linguistics at dusseldorf university and research fellow of the national language institute, tokyo.
He is director of caldi centre for african language diversity, curator of tala the african language archive. Factual and theoretical explorations with special reference to east africa henceforth. Language death factual and theoretical explorations with. Before we can arrive at an estimate of the scale of the problem, we need to develop a sense of perspective.
Pdf the lack of adequate documentation for african languages is a major. Language contact and language displacement matthias brenzinger mmatthias brenzinger matthias brenzinger atthias brenzinger 1 introduction11 introduction1 introduction introduction the term language displacement will be employed in this chapter to refer to the processes. The kisankasa are an ethnic and linguistic group based in arusha region and mara region in northern tanzania. International journal for the sociology of language 88. Factual and theoretical explorations with special reference to east africa contributions to the sociology of language csl by matthias brenzinger edited buy. Factual and theoretical explorations with special reference to east africa contributions to the sociology of language csl book 64 kindle edition by brenzinger, matthias. Language death must not be confused with the process where a language becomes a dead language through normal language change. Florian coulmas is professor of sociolinguistics at chuo university, tokyo.
Kimbu language 2 words exact match in snippet view article find links to article 2009. Matthias brenzinger language diversity endangered world. Dimmendaal matthias brenzinger theory of language death hansjurgen sasse codeswitching as a mechanism of deep borrowing, language shift, and language death carol myersscotton language decay and contactinduced change. Although a specific language is considered died as nobody speaks it anymore. Sheena shah and matthias brenzinger, in collaboration with katrina esau, claudia du plessis and maryann prins published in 2016 by caldi, centre for african language diversity, university of cape town isbn.
High rates of language shift are being reported in different parts of the. Cambridge core sociolinguistics the cambridge handbook of endangered languages edited by peter k. Ty chap au haruna, andrew ed brenzinger, matthias py 1998 da 1998 ti language death. The kwisi are a seashorefishing and huntergatherer people of southwest angola that physically seem to be a remnant of an indigenous populationalong with the kwadi, the cimba, and the damarathat are unlike either the san bushmen or the bantu. Quae est ratio civitates orationis afficiens, ubi gradus facultatis linguisticae quem loquentes possident certae varietatis linguae imminuitur, ad ultimum nullos indigenas vel fluentes varietatis loquentes efficiens.
Factual and theoretical explorations with special reference to east africa contributions to the sociology of language csl book 64 ebook. A leading commentator and popular writer on language issues, david crystal asks the fundamental question, why is language death so important. Language attitudes and ideologies are of key importance in assessing the chances of success of revitalisation efforts for endangered languages. The status of the languages of central nigeria paper presented at the round table on language death in africa wocal, leipzig, july 29th, 1997 and now published as. The body in language published on 17 jul 2014 by brill. The handbook of sociolinguistics wiley online books. Language death contributions to the sociology of language. Factual and theoretical explorations with special reference to east africa. It is an instance of the northern andean practice known as secondary burial. Lee bickmore, robert botne, matthias brenzinger, leston buell, michael cahill, roderic. This happens when a language in the course of its normal development gradually morphs into something that is then recognized as a separate, different.
Search for library items search for lists search for contacts search for a library. We use cookies to offer you a better experience, personalize content, tailor advertising, provide social media features, and better understand the use of our services. Join this global effort to conserve linguistic diversity. Matthias brenzinger along with bernd and ingo heine quite recently created a draft of y aaku dictionary, which was an outcome of brenzinger s productive fieldwork during the last 20 years in. The global spread of language endangerment became visible in the 1990s in publications such as endangered languages, edited by robert robins and eugenius uhlenbeck in 1991. To reverse language shift, the community must work to bring. In 1987 the kisankasa population was estimated to number 4,670. Exstinctio linguarum, etiam exstinctio linguistica et mors linguarum, atque adeo linguicidium, in linguistica fit cum lingua suum ultimum loquentem vernaculum amittat. The ryukyus and the new, but endangered, languages of japan. It approaches the study of language in society in its broadest sense, as a truly international and interdisciplinary field in which. Language diversity endangered pdf matthias brenzinger language diversity endangered.
In linguistics, language death occurs when a language loses its last native speaker. Assessing levels of endangerment in the catalogue of. Language death in africa matthias brenzinger, bernd. The university of cape town and my new colleagues welcomed my. Factual and theoretical explorations with special reference to east africa by matthias brenzinger. Nov 30, 2019 in linguistics, language death occurs when a language loses its last native speaker. Mapping linguistic diversity in multicultural contexts. New updated guthrie list online brenzinger, matthias 1992. Matthias brenzinger, author of language diversity endangered mouton reader, on librarything librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers home groups talk zeitgeist. The african language archive tala in september 2012, i organized a training seminar with the director of the language archive of the max plank institute for psycholinguistic in nijmegen. Language death by matthias brenzinger 2 editions first published in 1992 not in library. Dm 208,isbn 31104047 contributions to the sociology of language 64 the 16 original contributions contauied in this volume deal with the phenomenon of language death, a term used to describe the process by which languages become extinct. A language is endangered when it is on a path toward extinction. The endangered languages project is a collaborative online platform for sharing knowledge and resources for endangered languages.
Tala is the first and most likely only regional archive on the african continent of the worldwide network mpi satellite language archives. The basic premise of gids is that language shift ending in language death happens as a language loses functions in society. Language death refers to the process in which a language is endangered of extinction or more likely to become none spoken anymore within its existence environment. Raising awareness about language loss and language diversity will only be. This happens when a language in the course of its normal development gradually morphs into something that is then recognized as a separate, different language, leaving the old form with no native speakers. Factual and theoretical explorations with special referenc. Language death in africa matthias brenzinger, bernd heine. The digital library in the reinscription of african cultural. Matthias brenzinger is the author of language death 3.
Contributions to the sociology of language brings to students, researchers and practitioners in all of the social and language related sciences carefully selected booklength publications dealing with sociolinguistic theory, methods, findings and applications. Factual and theoretical explorations with special reference to east africa, 2254. Prices in represent the retail prices valid in germany unless otherwise indicated. The contributions are unique in analysing the present extent and the various kinds of. The digital library in the reinscription of african. Language death matthias brenzinger contributions to the sociology of language brings to students, researchers and practitioners in all of the social and language related sciences carefully selected booklength publications dealing with sociolinguistic theory, methods, findings and applications. Linguists distinguish between language death and the process where a language becomes a dead language through normal language change, a linguistic phenomenon analogous to pseudoextinction. Mufwene department of linguistics, university of chicago, chicago, illinois 60637. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. The cambridge handbook of endangered languages edited by. The kisankasa are distinct from other groups often called dorobo.
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