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Publication details [#58571]

Vamarasi, Marit. 2014. The creation of learner-centred dictionaries for endangered languages: a Rotuman example. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development 35 (2) : 167–178.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

dictionary | internet | language maintenance | language vitality | vocabulary growth

Language as a subject

Rotuman

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Journal WWW

www.multilingual-matters.com/multi/onlinej.asp

Annotation

This paper discusses the creation of an online dictionary for the endangered Rotuman (Oceanic) language (EL), the bulk of whose members reside in diasporic communities in English-speaking nations. It advocates the need of training EL members in the use of their dictionary.