Toward a linguistically realistic assessment of language vitality: The case of Jejueo

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2017-03
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Yang, Changyong
O'Grady, William
Yang, Sejung
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University of Hawaii Press
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103
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113
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The assessment of language endangerment requires accurate estimates of speaker populations, including information about the proficiency of different groups within those populations. Typically, this information is based on self-assessments, a methodology whose reliability is open to question. We outline an approach that seeks to improve the accuracy of self-assessment by exposing participants to a simple linguistic task before they render their judgments. The viability of the approach is evaluated with the help of a case study involving 81 partial speakers of Jejueo, a critically endangered Koreanic language.
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Jejueo language, Korea (South), Korea (South)--Cheju Island, language vitality, language endangerment, assessment tool
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Changyong, Yang, William O'Grady & Sejung Yang. 2017. Toward a linguistically realistic assessment of language vitality: The case of Jejueo. Language Documentation & Conservation 11. 103-113.
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11 pages
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