Description
The world’s linguistic map has changed in recent years due to the vast disappearance of indigenous languages. Many factors affect the alteration of languages in various areas of the world including governmental policies, education, and colonization. As indigenous languages continue to be affected by modern influences, there is a need for research on the current state of native linguistics that remain across the globe.
Indigenous Language Acquisition, Maintenance, and Loss and Current Language Policies is a collection of innovative research on the diverse policies, influences, and frameworks of indigenous languages in various regions of the world. It discusses the maintenance, attrition, or loss of the indigenous languages; language status in the society; language policies; and the grammatical characteristics of the indigenous language that people maintained and spoke. This book is ideally designed for anthropologists, language professionals, linguists, cultural researchers, geographers, educators, government officials, policymakers, academicians, and students.
Author's/Editor's Biography
Toru Okamura (Ed.)
Toru Okamura has published numerous articles and reviews, and is the editor of Language in Papua New Guinea (Hituzi Syobo Publishing 2007). Toru Okamura now lives in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan, where he works as a professor.
Masumi Kai (Ed.)
Masumi Kai received her MA in Japanese Language Studies and her PhD in Language and Culture from Osaka University of Foreign Studies (currently Osaka University). Her research fields are Japanese discourse, language acquisition, and colonial education. Dr. Kai specializes in linguistics and Japanese language teaching. She has taught in Taiwan, Japan, and the US. She was also a scholarship researcher at UC, Santa Barbara and Harvard. She is currently a Professor at the University of Guam.