Losing a Vital Voice: Grief and Language Work

Tim Thornes, Racquel María-Sapién

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Abstract

This work explores the emotional component of work with elderly speakers of highly endangered languages. Drawing on personal examples from their work in North and South America for more than 20 years, the implications of such work from both methodological and training perspectives is highlighted.
Original languageAmerican English
StatePublished - Mar 2017
Event5th Biennial International Conference on Language Documentation and Conservation - Manoa, HI
Duration: 1 Mar 2017 → …

Conference

Conference5th Biennial International Conference on Language Documentation and Conservation
Period1/03/17 → …

EGS Disciplines

  • Other Languages, Societies, and Cultures
  • Anthropological Linguistics and Sociolinguistics

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