The Role of Social Networks in Endangered Language Maintenance and Revitalization:

Sallabank, J. (2010). The Role of Social Networks in Endangered Language Maintenance and Revitalization: The Case of Guernesiais in the Channel Islands. Anthropological Linguistics, 52(2), 184-205.

Statement of the Problem
“Admittedly the processes of language revitalization remain poorly documented, but such a gap raises questions about outcomes” (197)

Methods
Baseline data were collected using a questionnaire and semistructured interviews; ethnographic methods then shed light on ideologies, attitudes, and the processes of language shift. data drawn on in this article come from interviews and questionnaires carried out in 2001—2006, and subsequent research that is still ongoing.

Implications
Fostering social networks, using measures such as those suggested would enable more native speakers to maintain fluency and to pass the language on to others while fluent native speakers are still alive.