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Amazonian Spanish: Language Contact and Evolution
Edited by Stephen Fafulas
[Issues in Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics 23] 2020
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Chapter 4
Language documentation and revitalization as a feedback loop

| Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi
In this chapter, I present an overview of language documentation and revitalization focused on the Amazonian context, drawing from several case studies. Prominent areas where language documentation in the Amazon has played and continues to play a significant role are in the innovative use of collaborative or participatory documentation models (i.e., Yamada, 2011, 2014; Stenzel, 2014). I use the case studies highlighted here to expand upon a model of documentation and revitalization that acts as a feedback loop (Fitzgerald, 2017a; Fitzgerald & Hinson, 2013, 2016). The resources produced through documentation, revitalization, training and analysis, especially when archived and accessible, will likely be invaluable resources for Amazonian communities engaged in revitalization, as is the case in North America.
Keywords: language revitalization, language documentation, community training, indigenous languages, documentary linguistics
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Language documentation and revitalization
  • 3.Documentation and revitalization as a feedback loop
  • 4.Language documentation in the Amazon
  • 5.Revitalization projects in the Amazon
  • 6.Archives, training and language vitality
  • 7.Conclusions
  • Acknowledgements
  • Notes
  • References
Published online: 15 July 2020
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