LING 3017 - Revivalistics, Cross-fertilization & Wellbeing

North Terrace Campus - Semester 1 - 2016

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The course explores Revivalistics, a new trans-disciplinary field of enquiry surrounding language reclamation, revitalization and reinvigoration. It studies comparatively and systematically the universal constraints and global mechanisms on the one hand, and local peculiarities and idiosyncrasies on the other hand, apparent in revival attempts across various sociological backgrounds, all over the world. A branch of both linguistics and applied linguistics, Revival Linguistics combines scientific studies of native language acquisition and foreign language learning: Language reclamation is the most extreme case of second language learning. Linguicide (language killing) and glottophagy (language eating) have made Australia an Unlucky Country. With globalization, homogenization and coca-colonization there are more and more groups around the world added to the forlorn club of the lost-heritage peoples. Language revival is becoming increasingly relevant as people seek to recover their cultural autonomy, empower their spiritual and intellectual sovereignty, and improve their well-being. The course analyses the ethical, aesthetic and utilitarian benefits of language revival, e.g. historical justice, diversity and employability respectively. Revival Linguistics complements the established field of documentary linguistics, which records endangered languages before they fall asleep. It revises the fields of grammaticography (writing grammars) and lexicography (writing dictionaries): Grammars and dictionaries ought to be written for language reclamation, i.e. in a user-friendly way, for communities, not only for linguists, as well as employing a user-friendly spelling. For linguists, the first stage of any language revival must involve a long period of observation and careful listening while learning, mapping and characterizing the specific needs, desires and potentials of an indigenous or minority or culturally endangered community. Only then can one inspire and assist. That said, there are linguistic constraints applicable to all revival attempts. Mastering them would help revivalists and First Nations leaders to work more efficiently.

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Course Details

Course Code	LING 3017
Course	Revivalistics, Cross-fertilization & Wellbeing
Coordinating Unit	Linguistics
Term	Semester 1
Level	Undergraduate
Location/s	North Terrace Campus
Units	3
Contact	Up to 3 hours per week
Available for Study Abroad and Exchange	Y
Prerequisites	At least 6 units of level 2 undergraduate study
Incompatible	LING 2050
Assessment	Mid-point assignment (1000 word) 20%, Tutorial oral presentation 25%, Post-presentation paper (3500 word) 45%, Attendance & contribution 10%

Course Staff

Course Coordinator: Professor Ghil'ad Zuckermann

This course was created and taught by Professor Ghil'ad Zuckermann, D.Phil. (Oxon.), Chair of Linguistics and Endangered Languages Department of Linguistics, School of Humanities, Faculty of Arts, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide SA 5005, Australia.

Further particulars:

http://www.zuckermann.org/

http://adelaide.academia.edu/zuckermann/

http://www.adelaide.edu.au/directory/ghilad.zuckermann

http://www.facebook.com/ProfessorZuckermann

http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20190320-the-man-bringing-dead-languages-back-to-life

https://blog.linguistlist.org/fund-drive/featured-linguist-ghilad-zuckermann/

https://www.edx.org/course/language-revival-securing-future-adelaidex-lang101x

http://www.adelaide.edu.au/news/news79582.html

A MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) Language Revival: Securing the Future of Endangered Languages (Join 15,000 learners from 190 countries): https://www.edx.org/course/language-revival-securing-future-adelaidex-lang101x

Zuckermann, G. 2020. Revivalistics: From the Genesis of Israeli to Language Reclamation in Australia and Beyond. New York: Oxford University Press.

Israelit Safa Yafa (Israeli - A Beautiful Language), Am Oved, 2008: http://www.zuckermann.org/israelit.html

Language Contact and Lexical Enrichment in Israeli Hebrew, Palgrave Macmillan, 2003: http://www.zuckermann.org/enrichment.html

Engaging – A Guide to Interacting Respectfully and Reciprocally with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People, and their Arts Practices and Intellectual Property, 2015: http://www.zuckermann.org/guide.html

Dictionary of the Barngarla Aboriginal Language of Eyre Peninsula, South Australia, 2018: https://www.barngarlalanguage.com/dictionary

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M10 (Coursework Mark Scheme)
Grade	Mark	Description
FNS		Fail No Submission
F	1-49	Fail
P	50-64	Pass
C	65-74	Credit
D	75-84	Distinction
HD	85-100	High Distinction
CN		Continuing
NFE		No Formal Examination
RP		Result Pending

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