{"id":21159,"date":"2023-05-30T22:08:32","date_gmt":"2023-05-30T22:08:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/language-loss-and-language-change-among-traditionally-disadvantaged-language-groups-in-california\/"},"modified":"2023-05-30T22:08:32","modified_gmt":"2023-05-30T22:08:32","slug":"language-loss-and-language-change-among-traditionally-disadvantaged-language-groups-in-california","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/language-loss-and-language-change-among-traditionally-disadvantaged-language-groups-in-california\/","title":{"rendered":"language loss and language change among traditionally disadvantaged language groups in California."},"content":{"rendered":"
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    the term paper for this class will focus on language loss and
    \nlanguage change among traditionally disadvantaged language groups in
    \nCalifornia. The student will choose a language to investigate from Native American
    \nor immigrant groups from a list provided by the instructor<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \u00a7 <\/span>What is a traditionally disadvantaged language group?

    \n<\/span>\u00a7 <\/span>Population with a language other than English as part of their culture and identity

    \n<\/span>\u00a7 <\/span>Have faced persecution or prejudice in regards to language use

    \n<\/span>\u00a7 <\/span>Their language may have undergone change or loss of speakers due to minority status
    \n<\/span>\u00a7 <\/span>Specific to the United States:
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    \u00a7 <\/span>For example, while Spanish is a major world language, Spanish speakers of Central and South
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    American origin and decent have faced discrimination and worse in the United States. (Spanish
    \nwill be used as an example in class, so you can\u2019t pick that one.)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \u00a7 <\/span>Possible Native American Languages:

    \n<\/span>\u00a7 <\/span>Achumawi, Cahuilla, Central Pomo, Central Sierra Miwok, Chemehuevi, Eastern Pomo,
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    Hupa, Karuk, Kashaya, Kawaiisu, Konkow, Kumeyaay, Lake Miwok, Maidu, Maricopa,
    \nMojave, Mono, Northern Paiut, Northern Sierra Miwok, Panamint, Quechan, Southern
    \nPomo, Southern Sierra Miwok, Tolowa, Tubatulabal, Washo, Yokuts, Yurok
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    \u00a7 <\/span>Note: For languages on this list, be sure it has not already disappeared
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    \u00a7 <\/span>Seek primary sources, written by members of the culture or language group<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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      \u00a7  <\/span>How is this considered a disadvantaged language group? <\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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      \u00a7  <\/span>Describe the characteristics of this language. How is it unique? <\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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      \u00a7  <\/span>How are speakers of this language affected by their language status? <\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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      \u00a7  <\/span>How are users of this language viewed negatively, or have they been viewed negatively
      \nin the past? <\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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      \u00a7  <\/span>How has this language population changed in their language use over the past 100 years? <\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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      \u00a7  <\/span>Is this language at risk for extinction? Explain what would be lost if this language (or
      \nlanguage community) disappeared. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      the term paper for this class will focus on language loss and language change among traditionally disadvantaged language groups in California. The student will choose a language to investigate from Native American or immigrant groups from a list provided by the instructor \u00a7 What is a traditionally disadvantaged language group? \u00a7 Population with a language […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"disciplines":[1145],"paper_types":[],"tagged":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions\/21159"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/questions"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21159"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions\/21159\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"disciplines","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/disciplines?post=21159"},{"taxonomy":"paper_types","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/paper_types?post=21159"},{"taxonomy":"tagged","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tagged?post=21159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}