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Attitudes to Endangered Languages : Identities and Policies.
An in-depth study of endangered language revitalisation, which assesses the implications of changing language attitudes for language campaigners and policy-makers.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2013.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Half title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Preface; 1 Language endangerment, language revitalisation and language policy; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Language endangerment; 1.2.1 Counting and defining languages; 1.2.2 Development of the academic field; 1.2.3 Community responses; 1.2.4 Terminology and its implications; 1.2.5 Communities; 1.3 Common themes and discourses about endangered languages; 1.4 Language endangerment and language policy; 2 Small islands on the periphery of Britain; 2.1 Socioeconomic, political and cultural background; 2.1.1 'Islandness'
- 2.2 Island languages2.2.1 Islands of migration; 2.2.2 Language vitality; 2.2.3 Language documentation; 2.3 Conclusion; 3 Researching language attitudes and ideologies; 3.1 Attitudes and ideologies; 3.1.1 'Attitude shift'; 3.2 Investigating language attitudes and ideologies; 3.2.1 Positionality: the myth of impartiality and the 'researcher's paradox'; 3.2.2 How critical?; 3.3 Language and identity; 3.4 Conclusion: linguistic practices, perceptions and ideologies; 4 Local language practices on a small island in the twenty-first century; 4.1 Domains of use.
- 4.1.1 Who uses local language: when, where, how and why?4.1.2 Language domains for maintenance and revitalisation; 4.1.3 Language-for-performance; 4.1.4 Endangered languages in new domains; 4.1.5 Language and humour; 4.2 Language variation; 4.3 Attrition; 4.4 New speakers for old?; 4.5 Writing and reading in an endangered language; 4.6 Conclusions; 5 Language attitudes, ideologies and identity on a small island; 5.1 Traditional attitudes towards Indigenous vernaculars; 5.2 Language attitudes in the twenty-first century; 5.2.1 The old and the young.
- 5.2.2 Attitudes and ideologies: covert and overt beliefs5.3 Language and identity; 5.3.1 Identity, symbolic ethnicity and language maintenance; 5.3.2 Distinctiveness or inclusive identity through language?; 5.4 Authenticity and purism; 5.4.1 Language change; 5.4.2 Nostalgia: a language of the past; 5.4.3 Purism and correctness; 5.4.4 Language ownership and legitimacy; 5.5 Conclusions; 6 Language planning and policy: bottom-up and top-down; 6.1 Language policy and planning for small endangered languages; 6.1.1 Background and trends; 6.1.2 Policy-making at different levels.
- 6.2 Voluntary groups and grass-roots support6.3 Official support for endangered languages; 6.3.1 Official support in islands round the British Isles; 6.3.2 Official language status; 6.3.3 Political commitment and funding; 6.3.4 Strategic planning; 6.4 Linguistic landscape; 6.4.1 Branding; 6.5 Standardisation and spelling; 6.5.1 Terminology development; 6.6 Language in education; 6.7 Language in the community; 6.8 Conclusions; 7 Implications; 7.1 Emerging themes; 7.1.1 From beliefs and attitudes to action; 7.2 Language: 'a link to the past, a bridge to the future'?