Publications

Publication details [#13301]

Wolfram, Walt. 2000. Endangered Dialects and Social Commitment. In Peyton, Joy Kreeft, Peg Griffin, Walt Wolfram and Ralph W. Fasold. Language in Action. New Studies of Language in Society. Essays in Honor of Roger W. Shuy. Hampton Press. pp. 19–39.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

language death | language planning | language politics | language preservation

Language as a subject

English, Ocracoke

Annotation

It is argued that like dying languages, dying dialects should also be preserved. A community-based preservation program for the Ocracoke dialect (as spoken on the Outer Banks of the Carolinas, U.S.) is described.