{"product_id":"creating-orthographies-for-endangered-languages-paperback-9781316602584","title":"Creating Orthographies for Endangered Languages (Paperback \/ softback) 9781316602584","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eCreating Orthographies for Endangered Languages\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis volume discusses how orthographies are being developed and used in the specific context of language endangerment and revitalisation.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMari C. Jones (Edited by), Damien Mooney (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781316602584, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 2 April 2020\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e343 pages\u003cbr\u003e15 x 23 x 2 cm, 0.51 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'This volume of case studies brings it all together for readers to not only learn about, but also pause and marvel at the astounding amount of work that goes into creating an orthography for unwritten and vulnerable languages.' Lionel Mathieu, LINGUIST List\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eCreating an orthography is often seen as a key component of language revitalisation. Encoding an endangered variety can enhance its status and prestige. In speech communities that are fragmented dialectally or geographically, a common writing system may help create a sense of unified identity, or help keep a language alive by facilitating teaching and learning. Despite clear advantages, creating an orthography for an endangered language can also bring challenges, and this volume debates the following critical questions: whose task should this be - that of the linguist or the speech community? Should an orthography be maximally distanciated from that of the language of wider communication for ideological reasons, or should its main principles coincide for reasons of learnability? Which local variety should be selected as the basis of a common script? Is a multilectal script preferable to a standardised orthography? And can creating an orthography create problems for existing native speakers?\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Introduction Mari C. Jones and Damien Mooney\u003cbr\u003e 2. Who owns vernacular literacy? Assessing the sustainability of written vernaculars Christopher Moseley\u003cbr\u003e 3. Hearing local voices: creating local content participatory approaches in orthography development for non-dominant language communities Mansueto Casquite and Catherine Young\u003cbr\u003e 4. Orthographies 'in the making': the dynamic construction of community-based writing systems among the Náayeru of north-western Mexico Margarita Valdovinos\u003cbr\u003e 5. Community-driven goal centred orthography development: a Tsakhur case study Kathleen D. Sackett\u003cbr\u003e 6. Writing for speaking: the N|uu orthography Sheena Shah and Matthias Brenzinger\u003cbr\u003e 7. Reflections on the Kala Bi?atuwa?, a three-year-old alphabet, from Papua New Guinea Christine Schreyer\u003cbr\u003e 8. When letters represent more than sounds: ideology vs practicality in the development of a standard orthography for Ch'orti' Mayan Kerry Hull\u003cbr\u003e 9. The difficult task of finding a standard writing system for the Sioux languages Avelino Corral Esteban\u003cbr\u003e 10. Orthography development in Sardinia: the case of Limba Sarda Comuna Rosangela Lai\u003cbr\u003e 11. Breton orthographies: an increasingly awkward fit Steve Hewitt\u003cbr\u003e 12. Spelling trouble: ideologies and practices in Giernesiei \/ Dgernesiais \/ Guernesiais \/ Guernésiais \/ Djernezié. . . Julia Sallabank and Yan Marquis\u003cbr\u003e 13. Orthography development on the Internet: Romani on YouTube D. Viktor Leggio and Yaron Matras\u003cbr\u003e 14. Is orthography creation unavoidable for postvernacular languages? Case studies of Rama and Francoprovençal revitalization Bénédicte Pivot and Michel Bert\u003cbr\u003e 15. Changing script in a threatened language: reactions to Romanization at Bantia in the first century BC Katherine McDonald and Nicholas Zair.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Sociolinguistics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Sociolinguistics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Sociolinguistics%20%5BCFB%5D%22\"\u003eCFB\u003c\/a\u003e], Linguistics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Linguistics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Linguistics%20%5BCF%5D%22\"\u003eCF\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46004647985432,"sku":"9781316602584","price":30.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781316602584i_d35539a3-11bb-4edf-b7f8-df92ba9edada.jpg?v=1696682759","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/creating-orthographies-for-endangered-languages-paperback-9781316602584","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}