Will indigenous languages survive?

Annual Review of Anthropology

Volumn 34, Issue , 2005, Pages 293-315

  Walsh, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Indigenous activism; Language revitalization; Politics of language; Responsibilities of researchers

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL CHANGE; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; LANGUAGE; SURVIVAL;

EID: 27844605970     PISSN: 00846570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.anthro.34.081804.120629     Document Type: Review

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