... be 35 Landweer (1998) What can be done? 145 carried out in order to secure the future of a language Adapting a metalanguage which has been well tried in clinical linguistics,36 these tasks can ... fn What can be done? 147 can also be contentious: why choose him and not her? It is easy for linguists, without realizing it, to find themselves apparently taking sides in a family feud, being ... acting on behalf of the community as a whole While situations 48 Valiquette (1998: 107) 49 Wurm (1991: 3) What can be done? 155 vary widely, there are a number of steps which have to be taken...