Description: Minority languages are abandoned as people switch to larger languages and governments promote linguistic unity. This volume examines beliefs about endangered languages among speakers and linguists, which have important implications for preserving endangered languages, as well as for language policy at local, national and international levels.
Review Quotes: a welcome addition to the field of endangered language documentation ... This book will be of great interest to linguists, anthropologists and students who are involved in language documentation and revitalisation projects as well as those evaluating language planning and language policies.-- "Kelsie Pattillo, Studies in Language"