Sociological factors in Reefs-Santa Cruz language vitality
A 40 Year Retrospective
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4179755 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Brenda H Boerger (0009-0008-8270-1711, SIL International, corresponding author), Åshild Næ, Åshild Næss (University of Zurich), Anders Vaa (University of Oslo), Rachel Emerine (California State University, Long Beach), Angela Hoover (Houghton University) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 2012 |
| Issue | 214 |
| Publication date | 2012-01-22 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of the Sociology of Language (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0165-2516 • E-ISSN: 1613-3668 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1515/ijsl-2012-0023 |
| OpenAlex | W2321260983 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 2 |
This article looks back over 40 years of language and culture change in the region of the Solomon Islands where the four Reefs-Santa Cruz (RSC) languages are spoken. Taking the works of Davenport and Wurm as a starting point, we list specific linguistic changes we have identified and discuss the sociological factors which have both promoted and undermined the vitality of these languages. We then determine the level of vitality for each language through the recently proposed Extended Graded Intergenerational Disruption Scale — EGIDS (Lewis and Simons 2010), and based on our results for the RSC languages, we provide a short evaluation of the usefulness of EGIDS for prioritizing language documentation efforts
Documentation · Linguistics · Sociology · Vitality · Anthropology · Computer Science · Island Studies and Pacific Affairs · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Multilingual Education and Policy · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.3 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2016 - 2025 (10) |
| Highly cited | No |