Contested Languages
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Contested Languages
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Author : Marco Tamburelli
language : en
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
Release Date : 2021-01-21
Contested Languages written by Marco Tamburelli and has been published by John Benjamins Publishing Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-01-21 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
This is the first volume entirely dedicated to contested languages. While generally listed in international language atlases, contested languages usually fall through the cracks of research: excluded from the literature on minority languages and treated as mere ensembles of geographically defined varieties by traditional dialectology. This volume investigates the nature of contested languages, the role language ideologies play in the perception of these languages, the contribution of academic discourse to the formation and perpetuation of language contestedness, and the damage contestedness causes to linguistic communities and ultimately to linguistic diversity. Various situations and degrees of language contestedness are presented and analysed, along with theoretical considerations, exploring potential roads to recognition and issues in language planning that arise from language contestedness. Addressing the “language vs dialect” question head on, the volume opens up new perspectives that are relevant to all students and researchers interested in the maintenance of linguistic diversity.
Contemporary Linguistics Integrating Languages Communities And Technologies
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language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2025-06-26
Contemporary Linguistics Integrating Languages Communities And Technologies written by and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2025-06-26 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
The International Congress of Linguists, ICL, takes place every five years. It is the meeting where the world's leading linguists present their research and discuss the progress of their work and the state of their profession. 21st ICL Poznań 2024 is a highlight in this series. In twelve plenary lectures, eighteen extensive sections and twelve focus streams, two special panels and numerous workshops, all theories and schools, new developments and emerging sub-disciplines of linguistics are discussed. This book contains the plenary lectures and all introductions to the sections and focus streams that cover special areas of interest and thus offers the State of the Art of Linguistics in 2024.
Heritage Languages In The Digital Age
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Author : Birte Arendt
language : en
Publisher: Channel View Publications
Release Date : 2024-04-16
Heritage Languages In The Digital Age written by Birte Arendt and has been published by Channel View Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-04-16 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Against the backdrop of social media and internet use and their impact on communication, those working with minority (or autochthonous) heritage languages, including teachers, language activists and planners and researchers, are reassessing the media, language policy and teaching practices which they had previously applied to stem the tide of language shift towards majority languages. The languages examined in this book are still spoken by a considerable number of speakers and enjoy varying and varied forms of institutional, legal, financial and ideological support. While their overall numbers of speakers are declining, their importance for identity construction and commodification processes continues to increase. This book addresses issues including the potential for a shift from a focus on oral to written practices; the rise of new communities of practice and communicative domains; and the need for resulting shifts in language policy and teaching methods.
Contested Tongues
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Author : Laada Bilaniuk
language : en
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Release Date : 2005
Contested Tongues written by Laada Bilaniuk and has been published by Cornell University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Foreign Language Study categories.
During the controversial 2004 elections that led to the "Orange Revolution" in Ukraine, cultural and linguistic differences threatened to break apart the country. Contested Tongues explains the complex linguistic and cultural politics in a bilingual country where the two main languages are closely related but their statuses are hotly contested. Laada Bilaniuk finds that the social divisions in Ukraine are historically rooted, ideologically constructed, and inseparable from linguistic practice. She does not take the labeled categories as givens but questions what "Ukrainian" and "Russian" mean to different people, and how the boundaries between these categories may be blurred in unstable times.Bilaniuk's analysis of the contemporary situation is based on ethnographic research in Ukraine and grounded in historical research essential to understanding developments since the fall of the Soviet Union. "Mixed language" practices (surzhyk) in Ukraine have generally been either ignored or reviled, but Bilaniuk traces their history, their social implications, and their accompanying ideologies. Through a focus on mixed language and purism, the author examines the power dynamics of linguistic and cultural correction, through which people seek either to confer or to deny others social legitimacy. The author's examination of the rapid transformation of symbolic values in Ukraine challenges theories of language and social power that have as a rule been based on the experience of relatively stable societies.
Europe S Languages On England S Stages 1590 1620
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Author : Marianne Montgomery
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-04-22
Europe S Languages On England S Stages 1590 1620 written by Marianne Montgomery and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-04-22 with Literary Criticism categories.
Though representations of alien languages on the early modern stage have usually been read as mocking, xenophobic, or at the very least extremely anxious, listening closely to these languages in the drama of Shakespeare and his contemporaries, Marianne Montgomery discerns a more complex reality. She argues instead that the drama of the early modern period holds up linguistic variety as a source of strength and offers playgoers a cosmopolitan engagement with the foreign that, while still sometimes anxious, complicates easy national distinctions. The study surveys six of the European languages heard on London's commercial stages during the three decades between 1590 and 1620-Welsh, French, Dutch, Spanish, Irish and Latin-and the distinct sets of cultural issues that they made audible. Exploring issues of culture and performance raised by representations of European languages on the stage, this book joins and advances two critical conversations on early modern drama. It both works to recover English relations with alien cultures in the period by looking at how such encounters were staged, and treats sound and performance as essential to understanding what Europe's languages meant in the theater. Europe's Languages on England's Stages, 1590-1620 contributes to our emerging sense of how local identities and global knowledge in early modern England were necessarily shaped by encounters with nearby lands, particularly encounters staged for aural consumption.
When Minoritized Languages Change Linguistic Theory
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Author : Andrew Nevins
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2022-12
When Minoritized Languages Change Linguistic Theory written by Andrew Nevins and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-12 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Illustrated with fascinating examples throughout, this book shows the transformative effect minoritized languages have on linguistic theory. It introduces key concepts in an engaging and accessible style, making it essential reading for both students and researchers of theoretical syntax, phonology and morphology, and language policy and politics.
Global Wikipedia
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Author : Pnina Fichman
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Release Date : 2014-05-15
Global Wikipedia written by Pnina Fichman and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-05-15 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Dozens of books about Wikipedia are available, but they all focus on the English Wikipedia and assume an Anglo-Saxon perspective, while disregarding cultural and language variability or multi-cultural collaborative efforts. They address the impact of Wikipedia on society, processes of mass knowledge production, and the dynamics of the Wikipedia community. However, none of them focus on Wikipedia’s global features. This lack of attention presents a serious problem because more than 80% of Wikipedia articles are written in languages other than English---in fact, Wikipedia includes articles in 285 languages. Global Wikipedia: International and Cross-Cultural Issues in Online Collaboration is the first book to address this gap by focusing attention on the global, multilingual, and multicultural aspects of Wikipedia. The editors showcase research on Wikipedia, exploring a wide range of international and cross-cultural issues. Online global collaboration, coordination, and conflict management are examined in this rich socio technical environment. Special emphases include International and cross-cultural collaboration; Intercultural synergy on Wikimedia;Conflict and collaboration in editing international entries; Case studies of Chinese, Finnish, French, and Greek Wikipedias; and, Cross-cultural studies that compare more than one Wikipedia, focusing on content, structures, policies, contributions, interactions, processes, motivations, and challenges.
Towards Openly Multilingual Policies And Practices
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Author : Johanna Laakso
language : en
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Release Date : 2016-03-03
Towards Openly Multilingual Policies And Practices written by Johanna Laakso and has been published by Multilingual Matters this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-03-03 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
This book investigates the maintenance of multilingualism and minority languages in 12 different minority communities across Europe, all of which are underrepresented in international minority language studies. The book presents a number of case studies covering a broad range of highly diverse minorities and languages with different historical and socio-political backgrounds. Despite current legislation and institutional and educational support, the authors surmise there is no guarantee for the maintenance of minority languages, suggesting changes in attitudes and language ideologies are the key to promoting true multilingualism. The book also introduces a new tool, the European Language Vitality Barometer, for assessing the maintenance of minority languages on the basis of survey data. The book is based on the European Language Diversity for All (ELDIA) research project which was funded by the European Commission (7th framework programme, 2010–2013).
Digital Flux Linguistic Justice And Minoritized Languages
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Author : Covadonga Lamar Prieto
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Release Date : 2024-04-22
Digital Flux Linguistic Justice And Minoritized Languages written by Covadonga Lamar Prieto and has been published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-04-22 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
The concept of linguistic justice, as applied to minoritized languages, sheds light upon the way in which minoritized communities conduct their lives in less than optimal environments. Precisely for that reason, the theoretical framework for the study of minoritized languages has been constructed from different areas of knowledge, creating a situation in which "language" is just one of the elements. This collection of essays proposes to recover the centrality of bilingualism, biculturalism and bidialectalism in the understanding of the different social, cultural and political processes of historical and contemporary language justice. It provides relevant theoretical and practical frameworks on the latest studies in linguistic justice as applied to minoritized languages and linguistic varieties such as Korean in Los Angeles, USA, Arabic in Spain, or Náhuat in Central America. Analyzing the acquisition, maintenance and attrition of these languages both in digital and physical environments, the volume contributes to expanding our knowledge of the sociolinguistic, educational, political and social realities that occur in minoritized languages.
Europe And The Politics Of Language
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Author : Máiréad Nic Craith
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2005-12-14
Europe And The Politics Of Language written by Máiréad Nic Craith and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-12-14 with Political Science categories.
Do political boundaries impact on concepts of language? How significant is language for citizenship in contemporary Europe? Can disputed languages acquire full status? Should non-European languages receive recognition from the EU? These are among the many questions explored in this new study of official, regional and disputed languages in an ever-changing European context. Broad policy issues and the performance of the range of instruments of policy at local, national and European levels are illustrated with reference to case studies across Europe.