Current Trends in Linguistics
7.5 credits
Reading list, Bachelor's level, 5LN142
A revised version of the reading list is available.
Main group 1
- Johansson, Sverker, Origins of language: constraints on hypotheses, Amsterdam ; Philadelphia, PA, John Benjamins Pub., 2005
Main group 2
- Johansson, Sverker, Language Abilities in Neanderthals, Part of: Annual Review of Linguistics, vol. 1(2), 2015, p. 1–22
- Galantucci, Bruno, An Experimental Study of the Emergence of Human Communication Systems, Part of: Cognitive science: a multidisciplinary journal of artificial intelligence, psychology, and language: [official journal of the Cognitive Science Society], vol. 29, 2005, p. 737–767
- Hammarström, Harald, Linguistic Diversity and Language Evolution, Part of: Journal of Language Evolution, vol. 1(1), 2016, p. 19–29
- Zuberbühler, KLaus, Linguistic Prerequisites in the Primate Lineage, Part of: Language origins: perspectives on evolution, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2005, p. 262–282
- Pagel, Mark, Q&A: What is human language, when did it evolve and why should we care?, Part of: BMC biology., vol. 15(64), 2017, p. 1–6
- Call, Josep, Does the chimpanzee have a theory of mind? 30 years later, Part of: Trends in cognitive sciences., vol. 12(5), 2008, p. 187–192
- Zuidema, Willem, Compositional Semantics, ., 2005
- Auer, Peter, From code-switching via language mixing to fused lects: toward a dynamic typology of bilingual speech., Part of: International journal of bilingual education and bilingualism., vol. 3(4), 1999, p. 309–332
- Benmamoun, Elabbas; Montrul, Silvina; Polinsky, Maria, Heritage Languages and Their Speakers, Part of: Theoretical linguistics., vol. (3-4), no. 39, 2013, p. 129–181
- Campbell, Lyle; Muntzel, Martha C., The structural consequences of language death., Part of: Investigating obsolescence: studies in language contraction and death, Cambridge, Cambridge Univ. Press, 1989, p. 181–196
- Brenzinger, Matthias, Language endangerment throughout the world, Part of: Language diversity endangered, Berlin, Mouton de Gruyter, 2007, p. ix–xvii
- Giles, Howard; Johnson, Patricia, Ethnolinguistic identity theory: A social psychological approach to language maintenance, Part of: International journal of the sociology of language., vol. (1), no. 68, 1887, p. 69–99
- Hornsby, Michael, Finding an ideological niche for new speakers in a minoritised language community, Part of: Language culture and curriculum., vol. (1), no. 30, 2017, p. 91–104
- Krauss, Michael, Classification and terminology for degrees of language endangerment, Part of: Language diversity endangered, Berlin, Mouton de Gruyter, 2007, p. 1–8
- Lüpke, Friederike; Storch, Anne, Introduction, Part of: Repertoires and choices in African languages, Berlin, De Gruyter Mouton, 2013, p. 1–11
- McIvor, O.; Napoleon, A.; Dickie, K., Language and Culture as Protective Factors for At-Risk Communities, Part of: Journal of Aboriginal Health, vol. (1), no. 5, 2009, p. 6–25
- O'Rourke, Bernadette; Pujolar, Joan; Ramallo, Fernando, New speakers of minority languages: the challenging opportunity - forward, Part of: International journal of the sociology of language., no. 231, 2015, p. 1–20
- Sallabank, Julia, The Role of Social Networks in Endangered Language Maintenance and Revitalization: The Case of Guernesiais in the Channel Islands, Part of: Anthropological linguistics, vol. (2), no. 52, 2010, p. 184–205
- Sasse, H. J., Theory of language death, Part of: Language death: factual and theoretical explorations with special reference to East Africa, Berlin, Mouton de Gruyter, 1992, p. 7–30
- Storch, Anne, Language and ideology, Part of: Repertoires and choices in African languages, Berlin, De Gruyter Mouton, 2013, p. 123–175
- Wicherkiewicz, Tomasz, The making of a language: the case of the idiom of Wilamowice, southern Poland, Berlin, Mouton de Gruyter, 2003 (Read chapter 2.)
Electronic resource: Hinton, Leanne 2015. What counts as "success" in language revitalization? Web- cast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, hosted by the Future Speakers: Indigenous Languages in the 21st Century series, 22 October 2015. Available online at: http://www.ikebarberlearningcentre.ubc.ca/leanne-hinton/