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Author Sedivy, Julie, author.

Title Memory speaks : on losing and reclaiming language and self / Julie Sedivy.

Publication Info. Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2021.
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 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  401.93 SEDIVY    Check Shelf
Description 346 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Death -- Dreams -- Duality -- Conflict -- Revival -- Home.
Summary "As immigrants and others are engulfed by dominant societies, the connection to their ancestral tongues is routinely severed. Julie Sedivy takes on the science and politics of language loss, offering lessons for the renewal and preservation of heritage languages, alongside her own moving story of language loss and accompanying personal crisis"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Language attrition.
Second language acquisition.
Language revival.
Language and languages -- Political aspects.
Psycholinguistics.
Language and languages -- Political aspects. (OCoLC)fst00992197
Language attrition. (OCoLC)fst00992356
Language revival. (OCoLC)fst00992415
Psycholinguistics. (OCoLC)fst01081323
Second language acquisition. (OCoLC)fst01110576
ISBN 9780674980280 (hardcover)
067498028X (hardcover)
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