LING 6043 - Language Maintenance & Revitalization

Meets with LING 5043. Issues surrounding the accelerating pace of language endangerment and extinction around the world, including root causes of and responses to language shift, and an introduction to the techniques used to reverse language shift. Special emphasis is given to language revitalization and maintenance in tribal or traditional societies. Graduate students are expected to do additional work and to perform at a graduate level.