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Moseley, Christopher, Ed.; Ostler, Nicholas, Ed.; Ouzzate, Hassan, Ed. – 2001
Papers for the fifth Foundation for Endangered Languages (FEL) Conference include the following papers: "The State and the Global Marketplace in the Provision of Minority Media Services" (George Jones); "Local Language Media: What Does It Take?" (Paul Lewis); "Power of the Media for the Good of Small Languages: An Indian…
Descriptors: Afrikaans, American Indians, Dialects, Foreign Countries
Download full textBrown, David, Ed. – 1997
The purpose of this document is to help South African educational institutions adjust to a post-apartheid era, in which linguistic diversity is promoted and celebrated, by clarifying the emerging processes of language policy formulation and implementation. The new government decided against issuing a grand blueprint for a new national language…
Descriptors: African Languages, Apartheid, Bilingualism, Educational Policy
Ostler, Nicholas, Ed. – 1998
The papers included here examine issues related to the role outside specialists, such as linguists, educators, or media professionals, can play in the preservation of endangered languages. Language communities must continue to use their mother tongues if the languages are to survive, and this has led to questions about whether outside…
Descriptors: American Indian Languages, Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Cultural Maintenance
Kibbee, Douglas A. Ed. – 1998
This edited volume of conference papers contains the following titles: "Presentation: Realism and Idealism in Language Conflict and Their Resolution" (Douglas A. Kibbee); "Legal and Linguistic Perspectives on Language Legislation" (Douglas A. Kibbee); "The Linguistic Rights of Non-English Speaking Suspects, Witnesses,…
Descriptors: African Languages, English Only Movement, Ethnic Groups, Federal Legislation
Ostler, Nicholas, Ed. – 1999
The theme of the third annual Foundation for Endangered Languages (FEL) Conference was Endangered Languages and Education, focusing on how education can be used to promote, resist, and reverse the decline of a language. The conference papers are broken into several sections covering the topic from a variety of aspects and perspectives.…
Descriptors: African Languages, Afro Asiatic Languages, Baltic Languages, Bilingual Education
