RT Book
T1 Language vitality through Bible translation
T2 Berkeley insights in linguistics and semiotics
A2 Moor, Marianne 1943-
A2 Voinov, Vitaly 1975-
LA English
PP New York
PB Peter Lang
YR 2015
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/834353407
AB Cover -- Table of Contents -- Foreword: Bible translation as transformative language revitalization (K. David Harrison) -- Introduction to Language Vitality through Bible Translation (Marianne Beerle-Moor and Vitaly Voinov) -- Part I. East Asia -- 1. Language endangerment in the light of Bible translation (Joseph Hong) -- 2. Bible translation's contribution to Agutaynen language vitality (J. Stephen Quakenbush) -- Part II. Africa -- 3. Bible translation, dictionaries, and language development: The case of Gbaya (Philip A. Noss) -- 4. Bible translation and the promotion of mother tongues in Africa (Dieudonné P. Aroga Bessong) -- 5. The Nuba Moro literacy program (Edward Riak Kajivora) -- Part III. The Americas -- 6. Bible translation and language preservation: The politics of the nineteenth century Cherokee Bible translation projects (Pamela Jean Owens) -- 7. The new Lakota Bible as anti-imperial translation (Steve Berneking) -- 8. Endangered languages and Bible translation in Brazil and Papua New Guinea (Michael Cahill) -- Part IV. The South Pacific -- 9. Bible translation as Natqgu language and culture advocacy (Brenda H. Boerger) -- 10. Encouraging language revitalization through education and Bible translation among the Ap Ma of Papua New Guinea (Jill Riepe) -- Part V. North Eurasia -- 11. Bible translation as witness to a forgotten language: The case of  Caucasian Albanian (Marianne Beerle-Moor) -- 12.  The role of Bible translation in preserving the languages of Dagestan (Boris M. Ataev) -- 13. The effect of Bible translation on literacy among Nenets Christians (Eun Sub Song) -- 14. Can Bible translation revitalize the dying Shor language? (Gennady V. Kostochakov) -- Language index
NO Includes bibliographical references and index
CN BS450
SN 9781453914755
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