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15 Cards in this Set
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Language endangerment
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languages are no longer being acquired by children as their first language
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biological species metaphor
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many native american languages that were vibrant before colonization are no longer spoken, sometimes elders speak.
similar stories are repeated across americas, boarding schools only being a part of the problem. |
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Why is this wrong?
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there is some form of pressure whether internal or external that loses the language and is not moral or natural
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Language and identity
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survival or cultural heritage and tradition tie in with physical survival
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Languages as a link to cultural heritage
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languages encode specific cultural knowledge (kinship, spirituality, environment, music, mythology)
and this knowledge is an important component of the expression of individual and collective identity and the transmission of tradition |
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Language as a human right
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Native american language act
preserve protect and promote the freedom of native american to use and practice and develop native american languages |
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Native American response to death of languages
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language revitalization and reclamation
using events that promote it's use classes for adults and children (immersion schools) connecting learners with resources using technology |
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Challenges to bringing back languages
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many languages have few or no speakers
those who do speak can't teach, and those who can teach aren't fluent big differences between english and native languages developing vocab for computers time and money |
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Advocates for indigenous california language survival
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non profit founded in 1992
mission: to foster the restoration and revival of indigenous languages of california |
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Master Apprentice program
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pair one or more learners with a fluent speaker
no more english focus on verbs and whole sentences share activities |
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Breath of life
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train people to get started on native languages
- survival linguistics and teaching methods expose non native linguists to california indigenous communities |
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Language in the home (why it's important)
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children naturally acquire language spoken near them
after the critical period/after puberty it becomes hard to learn school based learning has limitations |
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myaamia
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forced resettlement in 19th century to oklahoma, no speakers since mid 20th century
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Daryl Baldwin
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reintroduced native american languages in the home using archival documentation
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Wopanaak
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algonquian language revitalized by jessie little doeber
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