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ERIC Number: EJ393791
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1989
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Is Phonology Going Haywire in Dying Languages? Phonological Variations in Chipewyan and Sarcee.
Cook, Eung-Do
Language in Society, v18 n2 p235-55 Jun 1989
Analysis of phonological data from two Athapaskan languages demonstrated that underlying the apparent degeneration of their phonological systems was an orderly progression which could be viewed as a retarded process of language acquisition, indicating that dying languages mirror the successive stages of ontogenesis. (35 references) (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Athapascan Languages, Diachronic Linguistics, English, Language Acquisition, Language Maintenance, Language Research, Language Skill Attrition, Phonology, Sociolinguistics, Uncommonly Taught Languages
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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