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==Rationale==
If two people groups are similar enough, material produced for one group may be adapted relatively easily for use with the other. Note that groups need not only to be similar linguistically but also culturally to the extent that neither group would be socially opposed to such an adaptation.

Obviously, producing an adaptation is not something that surveyors are asked to do. Instead, our role is to assess the potential extensibility of literature from one community to another.

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-If two ethnolinguistic communities are similar enough, material produced for one group may be used by the other or adapted relatively easily for use with the other. The material may be anything from primers, educational or informational materials, fictional stories or poetry, religious texts, or government documents. The ''variety'' may be a dialect or considered socially as another language. The speech variety with the existing material is the ''source language'' while the variety that has yet to receive material is the ''target language''.
+If two ethnolinguistic [[community|communities]] are similar enough, material produced for one group may be used by the other or adapted relatively easily for use with the other. The material may be anything from primers, educational or informational materials, fictional stories or poetry, religious texts, or government documents. The ''variety'' may be a [[dialect]] or considered socially as another [[language]]. The speech variety with the existing material is the ''source language'' while the variety that has yet to receive material is the ''target language''.
 In his 1995 book, Grimes suggests a research question:

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 ==Rationale==
-If two people groups are similar enough, material produced for one group may be adapted relatively easily for use with the other. The language with the existing material is the ''source language'' while the language that has yet to receive material is the ''target language''.
+If two ethnolinguistic communities are similar enough, material produced for one group may be used by the other or adapted relatively easily for use with the other. The material may be anything from primers, educational or informational materials, fictional stories or poetry, religious texts, or government documents. The ''variety'' may be a dialect or considered socially as another language. The speech variety with the existing material is the ''source language'' while the variety that has yet to receive material is the ''target language''.
-In his 1995 book, Grimes suggests we ask
+In his 1995 book, Grimes suggests a research question:
 <blockquote>Are any of the speech varieties I'll be surveying so different [from each other] that current adaptation techniques cannot handle them?(p32.)<ref>Grimes, Joseph E.. 1995. Language survey reference guide. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics.</ref></blockquote>
-However, there are a number of things we need to consider in addition to this. For a start, groups need not only to be similar linguistically but also culturally to the extent that neither group would be socially opposed to such an adaptation. In addition, we need to consider the logistical and technical aspects of adaptation. Is material being produced in enough quantity and quality to be suitable as a source? Are there issues in moving between the source language area and the target area such as periodic flooding, adequate transport or even political issues such as borders?
+However, there are a number of things we need to consider in addition to this. For a start, groups need not only to be similar linguistically but also culturally to the extent that neither group would be socially opposed to such an adaptation. In addition, we need to consider the logistical and technical aspects of adaptation. Is material being produced in enough quantity and quality to be suitable as a source? Are there issues, such as political borders, that may hinder sharing or adaptation?
 Obviously, producing an adaptation is not something that surveyors are asked to do. Instead, our role is to assess the potential extensibility of literature from one community to another.

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 However, there are a number of things we need to consider in addition to this. For a start, groups need not only to be similar linguistically but also culturally to the extent that neither group would be socially opposed to such an adaptation. In addition, we need to consider the logistical and technical aspects of adaptation. Is material being produced in enough quantity and quality to be suitable as a source? Are there issues in moving between the source language area and the target area such as periodic flooding, adequate transport or even political issues such as borders?
 Obviously, producing an adaptation is not something that surveyors are asked to do. Instead, our role is to assess the potential extensibility of literature from one community to another.
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