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Documentary linguistics and language revitalization: Commentary on Hale et al. 1992

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 March 2026

Leanne Hinton
Leanne Hinton*
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University of California, Berkeley
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[lhinton@berkeley.edu]
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Language , Volume 101 , Issue 3 , September 2025, pp. 609 - 617
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Copyright © 2025 Linguistic Society of America

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