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List of maps; List of contributors; Preface; Introduction; Part I. Focuson Context: 1. On language death in eastern Africa Gerrit J. Dimmendaal; 2.The disappearance of the Ugong in Thailand David Bradley; 3. Scottish andIrish Gaelic: the giant's bed-fellows Seosamh Watson; 4. The rise and fall ofan immigrant language: Norwegian in America Einar Haugen; 5. Breton vs.French: language and the opposition of political, economic, social, andcultural values Lois Kuter; 6. 'Persistence' or 'tip' in Egyptian NubianAleya Rouchdy; 7. Sociolinguistic creativity: Cape Breton Gaelic's linguistic'tip' Elizabeth Mertz; 8. Skewed performance and full performance in languageobsolescence: the case of an Albanian variety Lukas D. Tsitsipis; 9. On thesocial meaning of linguistic variability in language death situations:variation in Newfoundland French Ruth King; 10. The social functions ofrelativization in obsolescent and non-obsolescent languages Jane H. Hill;Part II. Focus on Structure: 11. Problems in obsolescence research: the GrosVentres of Montana Allan R. Taylor; 12. The structural consequences oflanguage death Lyle Campbell and Martha C. Muntzel; 13. On signs of healthand death Eric P. Hamp; 14. Case usage among the Pennsylvania Germansectarians and nonsectarians Marion Lois Huffines; 15. Estonian amongimmigrants in Sweden Katrin Maandi; 16. The incipient obsolescence ofpolysynthesis: Cayuga in Ontario and Oklahoma Marianne Mithun; 17. Urban andnon-urban Egyptian Nubian: is there a reduction in language skill? AleyaRouchdy; 18. Some lexical and morphological changes in Warlpiri Edith L.Bavin; 19. Language contraction and linguistic change: the case of WellandFrench Raymond Mougeon and Edouard Beniak; 20. Lexical innovation and loss:the use and value of restricted Hungarian Susan Gal; Part III. InvitedCommentaries: 21. Some people who don't talk right: universal and particularin child language, aphasia, and language obsolescence Lise Menn; 22. Languageobsolescence and language history: matters of linearity, leveling, loss, andthe like Henry M. Hoenigwald; 23. Language convergence and language death associal processes Kathryn A. Woolard; 24. Pidgins, creoles, immigrant, anddying languages Suzanne Romaine; 25. The 'up' and 'down' staircase insecondary language development Roger W. Anderson; Bibliography; Index oflanguages; General index.