Publications

Publication details [#51606]

Wyman, Leisy T. 2009. Youth, Linguistic Ecology, and Language Endangerment: A Yup'ik Example. Journal of Language, Identity & Education 8 (5) : 335–349.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

bilingual acquisition | foreign language acquisition | language ecology | language shift | youth

Language as a subject

English | Yup'ik

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Journal WWW

www.erlbaum.com/Journals/Electronic/electronic.htm

Annotation

This paper discusses how Yup'ik youth in the Alaskan village of Piniq deals with English foreign language acquisition in the light of their rapidly changing linguistic ecologies.