This course can be used towards the Instructional Dimensions major or minor requirements, or towards the Sociocultural Dimensions major or minor requirements. The course can only be used towards one of the requirements (Inst Dim major, Inst Dim minor, Socio Dim major, or Socio Dim minor).
This course examines potential ways to avert the massive language endangerment and death the world is experiencing. A variety of approaches and methods are considered, including linguistic documentation, teaching language courses, immersion (pre)schools, and the master-apprentice program. The course also covers ethical issues, goals of communities, and the balance between linguists and communities. Graduate-level requirements include 2 additional writing assignments, additional readings, and a longer (25 page) research paper.
May be convened with: LING 421