Sociological factors in Reefs-Santa Cruz language vitality: a 40 year retrospective

• Boerger, Brenda H ^[5] ; Næss, Åshild ^[1] ; Vaa, Anders ^[2] ; Emerine, Rachel ^[3] ; Hoover, Angela ^[4]
  1. [1] University of Zurich

     University of Zurich

     Zürich, Suiza

     
  2. [2] University of Oslo

     University of Oslo

     Noruega

     
  3. [3] California State University, Long Beach

     California State University, Long Beach

     Estados Unidos

     
  4. [4] Houghton College

     Houghton College

     Town of Caneadea, Estados Unidos

     
  5. [5] SIL International

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• Localización: International journal of the sociology of language, ISSN 0165-2516, Nº. 214, 2012 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Language use in Melanesia), págs. 111-152
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.1515/ijsl-2012-0023
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• Resumen

  • This article looks back over 40 years of language and culture change in the region of the Solomon Islands where the four Reefs-Santa Cruz (RSC) languages are spoken. Taking the works of Davenport and Wurm as a starting point, we list specific linguistic changes we have identified and discuss the sociological factors which have both promoted and undermined the vitality of these languages. We then determine the level of vitality for each language through the recently proposed Extended Graded Intergenerational Disruption Scale — EGIDS (Lewis and Simons 2010), and based on our results for the RSC languages, we provide a short evaluation of the usefulness of EGIDS for prioritizing language documentation efforts.