Losing a Vital Voice: Grief and Language Work

Tim Thornes; Racquel María-Sapién

Losing a Vital Voice: Grief and Language Work

Tim Thornes
, Racquel María-Sapién

University of Oklahoma

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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 language	American English
State	Published - Mar 2017
Event	5th Biennial International Conference on Language Documentation and Conservation - Manoa, HI Duration: 1 Mar 2017 → …

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Conference	5th Biennial International Conference on Language Documentation and Conservation
Period	1/03/17 → …

EGS Disciplines

Other Languages, Societies, and Cultures
Anthropological Linguistics and Sociolinguistics

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