Publications

Publication details [#42856]

Sperlich, Wolfgang B. 2005. Will Cyberforums Save Endangered Languages? A Niuean Case Study. International Journal of the Sociology of Language 172 : 51–77.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

code-mixing | cybernetics | internet | language maintenance | language use

Language as a subject

English | Niuean

Place, Publisher

De Gruyter

Journal WWW

www.degruyter.com/journal/key/IJSL/html

Annotation

This paper discusses the free internet access and the rise in web-based forum participation of Niue Pacific Islanders, since the selling of the Niue country domain name, and the benefits this offers for the (endangered) Niuean language.