Transmitting Minority Languages
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Transmitting Minority Languages
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Author : Michael Hornsby
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2022-04-13
Transmitting Minority Languages written by Michael Hornsby and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-04-13 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
This book gives fresh insight into the diverse ways in which the transmission of minority and heritage languages is carried out in a range of sociolinguistic contexts. When traditional modes of intergenerational transmission begin to break down, minority language and diaspora communities resort to other modes of transmission, out of necessity, to complement traditional mechanisms and secure language maintenance. This volume brings together a broad range of studies of these alternative modes of transmission, examining the complex and diverse practical, ideological and personal challenges that arise in different settings. Beyond addressing the dynamics of language use within the home and family, the book also emphasises the importance of the participation of the minority community itself in language and cultural transmission. These mechanisms and initiatives, sometimes overlooked or dismissed in the academic literature, will prove to be essential in maintaining and ensuring the survival of minority and heritage languages into the 21st century and beyond. The twelve chapters in the book are divided into four sections (intergenerational transmission; transmission in post-traditional families; alternatives to ‘traditional’ transmission; and transmission in diasporic contexts), and the language contexts, both minoritised and diasporic, which are discussed include Basque, Breton, Galician, Guernesais, Irish, Māori, Russian, Scottish Gaelic, Sorbian and Spanish. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of sociolinguistics, language acquisition, heritage language maintenance and revitalization, and language policy and planning.
Maintenance And Loss Of Minority Languages
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Author : Willem Fase
language : en
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Release Date : 1992
Maintenance And Loss Of Minority Languages written by Willem Fase and has been published by John Benjamins Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
The papers in this volume describe a wide variety of language contact settings in which one or more languages are in a process of shift. In the first part of the book theoretical perspectives are presented, followed by linguistic, sociological and descriptive studies of languages and countries that have attracted the interest of researchers before, as well as less well known examples. Data are presented from: the Philippines, Korea, Japan, Israel, The Netherlands, Belgium, Canada, Sweden, Spain, Denmark, Morocco, Finland, Malaysia, Germany, USA, Ireland, India, Tanzania and Australia.
Revitalizing Minority Languages
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Author : Michael Hornsby
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2015-10-05
Revitalizing Minority Languages written by Michael Hornsby and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-10-05 with Social Science categories.
New speakers are an increasingly important aspect of the revitalization of minority languages since, in some cases, they can make up the majority of the language community in question. This volume examines this phenomenon from the viewpoint of three minority languages: Breton, Yiddish and Lemko.
Minority Languages And Group Identity
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Author : John Edwards
language : en
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Release Date : 2010-01-13
Minority Languages And Group Identity written by John Edwards and has been published by John Benjamins Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-01-13 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
The central concern in this book is the relationship between language and group identity, a relationship that is thrown into greatest relief in ‘minority’ settings. Since much of the current interest in minority languages revolves around issues of identity politics, language rights and the plight of ‘endangered’ languages, one aim of the book is to summarise and analyse these and other pivotal themes. Furthermore, since the uniqueness of every language-contact situation does not rest upon unique elements or features – but, rather, upon the particular weightings and combinations of features that recur across settings – the second aim here is to provide a general descriptive framework within which a wide range of contact settings may be more easily understood. The book thus begins with a discussion of such matters as language decline, maintenance and revival, the dynamics of minority languages, and the ecology of language. It then offers a typological framework that draws and expands upon previous categorising efforts. Finally, the book presents four case studies that are both intrinsically interesting and – more importantly – provide specific illustrations of the generalities discussed earlier.
Variation In Indigenous Minority Languages
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Author : James N. Stanford
language : en
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Release Date : 2009
Variation In Indigenous Minority Languages written by James N. Stanford and has been published by John Benjamins Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Indigenous minority languages have played crucial roles in many areas of linguistics - phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, typology, and the ethnography of communication. Such languages have, however, received comparatively little attention from quantitative or variationist sociolinguistics. Without the diverse perspectives that underrepresented language communities can provide, our understanding of language variation and change will be incomplete. To help fill this gap and develop broader viewpoints, this anthology presents 21 original, fieldwork-based studies of a wide range of indigenous languages in the framework of quantitative sociolinguistics. The studies illustrate how such understudied communities can provide new insights into language variation and change with respect to socioeconomic status, gender, age, clan, lack of a standard, exogamy, contact with dominant majority languages, internal linguistic factors, and many other topics.
Household Perspectives On Minority Language Maintenance And Loss
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Author : Isabel Velázquez
language : en
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Release Date : 2018-12-05
Household Perspectives On Minority Language Maintenance And Loss written by Isabel Velázquez and has been published by Multilingual Matters this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-12-05 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
This book provides an in-depth examination of minority language maintenance and loss within a group of first-generation Spanish-speaking families in the early-21st century, post-industrial, hyper-globalized US Midwest, an area that has a recent history of Latino settlement and has a low ethnolinguistic vitality for Spanish. It looks specifically at language ‘in the small spaces’, that is, everyday interactions within households and families, and gives a detailed account of the gendered nature of linguistic transmission in immigrant households, as well as offering insights into the sociolinguistic aspects of language contact dynamics. Starting with the question of why speakers choose to use and transmit their family language in communities with few opportunities to use it, this book presents the reader with a theoretical model of language maintenance in low vitality settings. It incorporates mothers’ voices and perspectives on mothering, their families’ well-being, and their role in cultural/linguistic transmission and compares the self-perceptions, motivations, attitudes and language acquisition histories of members of two generations within the same household. It will appeal to researchers and educators interested in bilingualism, language maintenance and family language dynamics as well as to those working in the areas of education, immigration and sociology.
Maintaining Minority Languages In Transnational Contexts
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Author : A. Pauwels
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2007-04-17
Maintaining Minority Languages In Transnational Contexts written by A. Pauwels and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-04-17 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Deals with challenges to the maintenance of minority (or community) languages in this era of globalization and increasing transnational movements of people. The contributors, experts in language policy, language maintenance and multilingualism offer complementary perspectives from Australia and Europe on the maintenance of linguistic diversity.
Minority Languages In The Linguistic Landscape
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Author : D. Gorter
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2011-12-13
Minority Languages In The Linguistic Landscape written by D. Gorter and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-12-13 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Providing an innovative approach to the written displays of minority languages in public space this volume explores minority language situations through the lens of linguistic landscape research. Based on very tangible data it explores the 'same old issues' of language contact and language conflict in new ways.
Fourth International Conference On Minority Languages
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Author : Durk Gorter
language : en
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Release Date : 1990
Fourth International Conference On Minority Languages written by Durk Gorter and has been published by Multilingual Matters this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
The theme of this volume is comparative research on minority languages and development of theories. The three previous volumes focused mainly on problems of definition, on language in society and on the linguistics of minority languages. This fourth ICML attempts to go forward by concentrating, on the one hand, on comparative research regarding minority languages and on the other hand on the development of theories in this field. It allows for a confrontation of different emerging theoretical perspectives.
Minority Language Media
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Author : Michael J. Cormack
language : en
Publisher: Multilingual Matters Limited
Release Date : 2007
Minority Language Media written by Michael J. Cormack and has been published by Multilingual Matters Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Presents a collection of essays on general topics on minority language media, as well as studies of specific examples. This work attempts to define and develop minority language media as a distinct field of study.