Why a Catalogue of Endangered Languages?
Publication Date
2012-06-30Alternative Title
Charting Vanishing Voices: A Collaborative Workshop to Map Endangered Oral Cultures
Language
English
Type
Presentation
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This presentation was given at the World Oral Literature Project 2012 workshop Charting Vanishing Voices: A Collaborative Workshop to Map Endangered Oral Cultures.
Abstract
This talk is a report on the Catalogue of Endangered Languages, prepared by linguists at the University of Hawai'i Mānoa and Eastern Michigan University. It explains the Catalogue's purpose, its contributions, why it is necessary, how it is being developed, and its findings to date. It relates its potential benefits for languages groups/community members, linguists, other scholars, funding agencies, and the public at large.
Keywords
Oral Literature, Oral Tradition, Linguistic Anthropology, Catalogue, Endangered, Languages
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This record's URL: http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/243648
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