TABLE OF CONTENTS // 0. Preface / 3 PART ONE // 1. Language death vs. language survival: a global perspective / 7 // 2. Sleeping languages in the English speaking world /15 // INTERMEZZO I // 3. How to read and write: on the importance of the Gothic language for English studies / 25 // PART TWO // 4. Lakota language revitalization: past, present, and future prospects / 33 // 5. Miami language resurrection: linguistic and cultural resuscitation / 43 // INTERMEZZO II // 6. Let’s not forget about the black continent: on the importance of teaching about Africa / 55 // PART THREE // 7. The status of English in present-day Malaysia: center or periphery? / 65 // 8. English in the linguistic landscape of Sri Lanka / 75 // 9. Postscript / 85 // Bibliography / 87 Editorial note / 99 Summary /101 // і