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josephmarks@arizona.edu
Marks, Joseph Alexander
Graduate Associate, Teaching
josephmarks
Currently Teaching
LING 521 – Language Maintenance, Preservation and Revitalization
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.