Literacy and Language Revitalization
Literacy and Language Revitalization
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扫盲和语言振兴
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2012
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T. Mccarty
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T. Mccarty
To revitalize a language is to create new contexts for its acquisition and use among a heritage community associated with that language. The goal is to engender new vitality in a language that is in danger of falling silent because natural intergenerational language transmission mechanisms have broken down, causing the language to fall out of everyday use. Endangered languages are described as “at risk” or “moribund,” meaning their speakers are beyond childbearing age, or as “sleeping” or “dormant,” meaning they have no native speakers but have written and/or audio documentation and a living heritage community. Language regeneration, renewal, and reclamation are overarching terms to describe revitalization processes for endangered languages.
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bilingualism;
educational linguistics;
endangered languages;
language planning;
language revitalization;
heritage languages;
identity;
literacy