Linguistic Cages and the Limits of Linguists. Grenoble, L. A In Indigenous Language Revitalization: Encouragement, Guidance & Lessons Learned., pages 61–69. 2009.
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Language documentation has largely been driven by the needs and goals of the community of (external) linguists, with less attention to the needs of communities of language users and potential speakers. The result is a mismatch between the materials produced by linguists and the needs of communities. Yet in order for any revitalization program to be successful, it must be driven by the community. The present situation calls for a reassessment of the goals and methods of linguistic research on endangered languages, with a need for research agendas to be collab- oratively determined, with potential results shaped from the ground up by communities themselves. The varying differences between individual situations and between individuals within single communities means that there will no be single solution across all language settings

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