The Bidayuh Mountain Framework: An Indigenous Model of Reversing Language Shift (RLS)

• Main Authors: Burkhardt, Jey Lingam *, Noeb, Jonas, Ridu, Robert Sulis
• Other Authors: Bongarra, Marilina
• Format: Book Section
• Language: English
• Published: Dayak Bidayuh National Association 2017
• Subjects: P Philology. Linguistics
• Online Access: http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/768/1/Jey%20Burkhard%20Bidayuh%20mountain.pdf; http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/768/
• Institution: Sunway University

In his ground-breaking work Fishman (1991) introduced and expounded the notion of Reversing Language Shift (RLS) using a "Richter Scale" typology, which became known as Fishman’s GIDS (Graded Intergenerational Disruption Scale). The use of “Richter Scale” provided metaphors to facilitate d...