Language contact, language endangerment, and the role of the 'salvation linguist'
Language contact, language endangerment, and the role of the 'salvation linguist'
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语言接触、语言濒危以及“拯救语言学家”的角色
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2005
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Y. Matras
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Y. Matras
1. Preface In the first part of this paper I address concerns in respect of certain images and notions that surround the current agenda of the study of endangered languages. In particular, I question the usefulness of, and point out some risks attached to the self-proclaimed moral high ground of the ‘salvation linguists’ – those who seem to carry the banner of language conservationism. I then go on to discuss some examples for the potential research yields in the field of endangered languages, basing my observations on two case studies – the documentation of Domari (an Indo-Aryan language spoken by traditionally peripatetic communities in the Middle East), and the documentation of so-called Angloromani (the mixed speech varieties used by Romanies in England and Wales). Special attention will be given to the role of language contact, arguably a principal common denominator of endangered languages. I conclude by returning to the issue of activism and the role of the linguist studying an endangered language.
