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The Journeys Of Besieged Languages
Hardback Edition: 1
This volume allows 13 besieged languages to tell their own stories by way of their consummate battles with languages that dominate their traditional spaces and ways of thinking. It tells of the value of these languages through linkages with the past and present and where
continuation of this might further share those values with wider audiences beyond the current language users. As such, the book captures a discourse on the existence of minority languages in countries and states where they are under threat by the 'Governing' language.
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Dr Delyn Day began learning the Maori language at the University of Otago, New Zealand. For the past two years, she has worked as a policy analyst for Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Maori / Maori Language Commission.
Dr Poia Rewi is Dean of Te Tumu (the School of Maori, Pacific and Indigenous Studies) at the University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. He has been lecturing in the area of Maori and Indigenous studies since 1992, and holds a BSocSci and an MA in Maori from Waikato University, New Zealand, and a PhD in Maori Studies from the University of Otago University.
Dr Rawinia Higgins is Pro-Vice Chancellor of Maori at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. She has been an academic since 1994, and her interests cover Maori language; policy, status, acquisition, maintenance, identity and rights: Maori customary practices; performing arts and moko; and Maori tribal histories and politics.
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Pages : 368
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Press
Publication date : 2016-11-01
Subjects: Non-fiction, Education / Language / ESOL