Middlebury

LNGT0321A-S21

Renewing Endangered Languages
Please register via ANTH 0321A

Language Endangerment and Renewal
Out of the world’s roughly 7000 languages, 3000 are at risk for falling out of use in their communities of origin. Most endangered languages are indigenous, their speakers having responded to colonial dispossession by shifting to politically and economically dominant languages. While all languages change, indigenous language endangerment represents an unprecedented loss of global linguistic diversity. Some communities have responded to the threat of language loss with programs designed to revitalize and renew heritage languages for future generations. Drawing upon comparative case studies from around the world, this class establishes a linguistic anthropological approach to language endangerment, renewal, and revitalization. 3 hrs. lect.
Course Reference Number (CRN):
22436
Subject Code:
LNGT
Course Number:
0321
Section Identifier:
A

Course

LNGT 0321

All Sections in Spring 2021