Vanishing Languages in Context

Contents: Modupe M. Alimi: Micro language planning, minority languages and advocacy groups in Botswana - Dörte Borchers: Linguistic rights and mother tongue education in post-civil war Nepal - Hilda Kebeya-Omondi/Fridah Kanana Erastus: Devolution of governance and linguistic (in)equalities in Kenya - Anna Ghimenton/Giovanni Depau: Ideologies and expressed attitudes in the Internet: Comparing ethnic identities in two regional communities (Veneto and Sardinia) - Neele Mundt: Endangering indigenous languages: An empirical study of language attitudes and identity in post-colonial Cameroon - Britta Schneider: Language ideologies beyond ethnicity - Observing popular music styles and their potential relevance for understanding processes of endangerment - Eeva Sippola: Rap and resistance in Chabacano - Danuta Stanulewicz/Malgorzata Smentek: The Kashubian language at school: Facts and attitudes - Heiko Marten/Santina Lazdina: Latgalian in Latvia: How a minority language community gains voice during societal negotiations about the status of two major languages - Maria Rieder: The case of Cant: The Irish Travellers and their linguistic repertoire in the context of a changing cultural identity - Esther Senayon: Non-native speaker mother, personal family efforts and language maintenance: The case of Ogu (Nigeria) in my family - Gideon Sunday Omachonu: Language endangerment in Northern Nigeria: The case of Igala - Eileen Lee: Linguistic diversity and endangerment in Malaysia: The case of Papia Kristang.

Martin Pütz is Full Professor of English Linguistics at the University of Koblenz-Landau. His research focuses on sociolinguistics, language policy/planning in sub-Saharan Africa and applied cognitive linguistics. Neele Mundt studied English linguistics at Laval University (Québec) and the University of Koblenz-Landau. She carried out fieldwork in Yaoundé (Cameroon) and received a teaching degree from the University of Koblenz-Landau.