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Fishman, Joshua A. – Vox, 1992
Examines Australia's reverse language shift (RLS), presenting eight stages of RLS for immigrant-derived and Aboriginal languages and noting the severity of intergenerational dislocation. Aboriginal languages are dying quickly, and language shift continues in immigrant-based community languages. Steps to encourage second language learning are often…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Ethnic Groups, Foreign Countries, Indigenous Populations
Fishman, Joshua A. – 1991
On the basis of detailed analyses of 10 threatened language-in-society constellations and three formerly endangered but now secure constellations, this book develops a closely argued theory of worldwide efforts on behalf of reversing language shift (RLS). It also applies this same line of reasoning to the problems of maintaining the…
Descriptors: Australian Aboriginal Languages, Basque, Code Switching (Language), Ethnic Groups
