Published In
Africa's Endangered Languages: Documentary and Theoretical Approaches
ISBN
9780190256340
Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
2017
Subjects
Language and languages -- West Africa, Literacy, Language revival, Atlantic languages
Abstract
This paper reports on the applicability of a pedagogical model for use in West Africa drawn from adult literacy practices in the United States. It proposes bridging the gap between linguists, teachers, and community organizers, and building on the ethnographic skills of language documenters. One increasingly important goal of language documentation has been “creating and mobilizing documentation in support of pedagogy” (Nathan and Fang 2009:132) or even as a “social movement” (Dobrin and Berson 2011). A documentary perspective is here synthesized with an adult literacy one, fitted to the context of West Africa, to offer some guidelines for revitalization efforts.
DOI
10.1093/oso/9780190256340.003.0007
Persistent Identifier
https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/27651
Citation Details
Childs, George Tucker (2017). Busy intersections: A framework for revitalization. In Africa’s Endangered Languages, ed. by Jason Kandybowicz and Harold Torrence. Oxford: Oxford University Press. DOI:10.1093/oso/9780190256340.003.0007
Description
Author's version of a paper that subsequently appeared as Chapter 7 in Africa's Endangered Languages: Documentary and Theoretical Approaches, Jason Kandybowicz and Harold Torrence. Published 2017 by Oxford University Press. May be found at https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190256340.001.0001.