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The Oxford Handbook Of Endangered Languages, In Thirty-nine Chapters, Provides A Comprehensive Overview Of The Efforts That Are Being Undertaken To Deal With This Crisis. Its Purposes Are (1) To Provide A Reasonably Comprehensive Reference Volume, With The Scope Of The Volume As A Whole Representing The Breadth Of The Field; (2) To Highlight Both The Range Of Thinking About Language Endangerment And The Variety Of Responses To It; And (3) To Broaden Understanding Of Language Endangerment, Language Documentation, And Language Revitalization, And, In So Doing, To Encourage And Contribute To Fresh Thinking And New Findings In Support Of Endangered Languages. Comparative Analysis In Language Revitalization Practices: Addressing The Challenge / Gabriela Pã¢erez Bã¢aez, Rachel Vogel, Eve Okura -- Endangered Sign Languages: An Introduction / James Woodward -- Language Contact And Language Endangerment / Sarah G. Thomason -- Design And Implementation Of Collaborative Language Documentation Projects / Racquel-marã¢ia Sapiã¢en -- Tools And Technology For Language Documentation And Revitalization / Keren Rice, Nicholas Thieberger -- Corpus Compilation And Exploitation In Language Documentation Projects / Ulrike Mosel -- Writing Grammars Of Endangered Languages / Amber Camp, Lyle Campbell, Victoria Chen, Nala H. Lee, Matt Magnuson, Samantha Rarrick -- Compiling Dictionaries Of Endangered Languages / Kenneth L. Rehg -- Orthography Design And Implementation For Endangered Languages / Michael Cahill -- Language Archiving / Andrea L. Berez-kroeker, Ryan Henke -- Tools From The Ethnography Of Communication For Language Documentation / Simeon Floyd -- Language Documentation In Diaspora Communities / Daniel Kaufman, Ross Perlin -- Ethics In Language Documentation And Revitalization / Jeff Good -- Approaches To And Strategies For Language Revitalization / Leanne Hinton -- The Linguistics Of Language Revitalization: Problems Of Acquisition And Attrition / William O'grady -- New Media For Endangered Languages / Laura Buszard-welcher -- Language Recovery Paradigms / Alan R. King -- Myaamiaataweenki: Revitalization Of A Sleeping Language / Daryl Baldwin, David J. Costa -- Language Revitalization In Kindergarten: A Case Study Of Truku Seediq Language Immersion / Apay Tang -- Māori: Revitalisation Of An Endangered Language / Jeanette King -- Language Revitalization In Africa / Bonny Sands -- Introduction / Lyle Campbell, Kenneth L. Rehg -- Planning Minority Language Maintenance: Challenges And Limitations / Sue Wright -- Congruence Between Species And Language Diversity / David Harmon, Jonathan Loh -- Sustaining Biocultural Diversity / Luisa Maffi -- Traditional And Local Knowledge Systems As Language Legacies Critical For Conservation / Will C. Mcclatchey -- Climate Change And Its Consequences For Cultural And Language Endangerment / Christopher P. Dunn -- Interdisciplinary Language Documentation / Gary Holton -- Why Lexical Loss And Culture Death Endanger Science / Ian Mackenzie, Wade Davis -- Funding The Documentation And Revitalization Of Endangered Languages / Susan Penfield -- Teaching Linguists To Document Endangered Languages / Carol Genetti -- Training Language Activists To Support Endangered Languages / Nora C. England -- The Status Of The World's Endangered Languages / Anna Belew, Sean Simpson -- Designing Mobile Applications For Endangered Languages / Steven Bird -- Indigenous Language Use Impacts Wellness / Alice Taff, Melvatha Chee, Jaeci Hall, Millie Yã¢ei Dulitseen Hall, Kawenniyã¢ohstha Nicole Martin, Annie Johnston -- Afterword / David Crystal -- Assessing Degrees Of Language Endangerment / Nala H. Lee, John R. Van Way -- Indigenous Language Rights—miner's Canary Or Mariner's Tern? / Teresa L. Mccarty -- The Goals Of Language Documentation / Richard Rhodes, Lyle Campbell -- Documentation, Linguistic Typology, And Formal Grammar / Keren Rice -- The Design And Implementation Of Documentation Projects For Spoken Languages / Shobhana Chelliah. Edited By Kenneth L. Rehg And Lyle Campbell. Includes Index. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.