Complexities of Simplification in Language Revitalization
The Case of Lenape in Eastern Pennsylvania
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14834577 |
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| Authors | Paul B Garrett (Paul B. Garrett () is an associate professor in the Department of Anthropology at Temple University. He served for six years (2011—2016) as the associate editor of the Journal of Linguistic Anthropology and is currently an associate editor of the book series Oxford Studies in the Anthropology of Language.), Paul Garrett (Garrett Technologies (United States), corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 38-42 |
| Publication date | 2022-09-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Practicing Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0888-4552 • E-ISSN: 2994-1628 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.17730/0888-4552.44.4.38 |
| OpenAlex | W4297990061 |
| Language | EN |
How can an anthropologist usefully contribute to the revitalization of a “dormant” language? This article considers simplification as an inherent, virtually inevitable aspect of language revitalization and as one that is by no means simple. A linguistic anthropologist’s understanding of the complexities of simplification, I suggest, can be the basis for valuable contributions to community-based language-revitalization efforts, particularly when the anthropologist is participating fully in those efforts by learning and apprentice-teaching the language
Apprenticeship · Epistemology · Language revitalization · Linguistics · Sociology · Computer Science · Interpreting and Communication in Healthcare · Multilingual Education and Policy · Philosophy · Second Language Learning and Teaching
| Highly cited | No |
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