Revitalizing Minority Languages : New Speakers of Breton, Yiddish and Lemko.

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.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hornsby, Michael
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
Colección:Palgrave studies in minority languages and communities.
Temas:
Linguistic minorities.
Language revival.
Sociolinguistics.
Minorités linguistiques.
Langage et langues > Renouveau.
Sociolinguistique.
sociolinguistics.
Language: history & general works.
Discourse analysis.
Social & cultural history.
Sociology.
Cultural studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
Language revival
Linguistic minorities
Sociolinguistics
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario: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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (183 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 152-165) and index.
ISBN:9781137498809
1137498803
1349571482
9781349571482

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