Agency in the Peripheries of Language Revitalisation : Examining European Practices on the Ground /
Agency in the Peripheries of Language Revitalisation : Examining European Practices on the Ground /
ed. by Mary S. Linn, Alejandro Dayán-Fernández.
- 1 online resource (200 p.)
- Multilingual Matters ; 178 .
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Contributors -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Sustaining Minoritised Languages in Europe: An Agentive Perspective on Social Actors and Language Revitalisation -- Part 1: Building Agency -- 1 Tús Maith: Empowering Children's Agentive Role in Language Revitalisation -- 2 Sowing the Seeds at Semente: Urban Breathing Spaces and New Speaker Agency -- 3 The Dynamics of a Triangle of Agency: Sorbian Language Policy -- Commentary: Language Confl ict and the Contextual Nature of Agency -- Part 2: Rethinking Possibilities in Agency -- 4 I Was There: Agency, Authority and Morality Among the Griko Linguistic Minority of Southern Italy (Apulia) -- 5 Which North Frisian Should Be Maintained? Exploring Language Attitudes and Agency of Speakers and Non-Speakers -- 6 Reconsidering Agency in 21st-Century Language Revitalisation: Insight from the Occitan Context -- Commentary: Rethinking Agency -- Conclusion: Final Thoughts on Agency and Affects -- Index
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This book addresses the question of agency in the revitalisation of minoritized languages in Europe. The chapters investigate how grassroots actors shape revitalisation, and how individuals and groups negotiate historical factors, motivations, and institutionalised initiatives and policies in a variety of efforts.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
This eBook is made available Open Access under a CC BY-ND 4.0 license:
In English.
9781800416277
10.21832/9781800416277 doi
Agent (Philosophy).
Language and culture--Europe.
Language revival--Europe.
Linguistic minorities--Europe.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General.
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Contributors -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Sustaining Minoritised Languages in Europe: An Agentive Perspective on Social Actors and Language Revitalisation -- Part 1: Building Agency -- 1 Tús Maith: Empowering Children's Agentive Role in Language Revitalisation -- 2 Sowing the Seeds at Semente: Urban Breathing Spaces and New Speaker Agency -- 3 The Dynamics of a Triangle of Agency: Sorbian Language Policy -- Commentary: Language Confl ict and the Contextual Nature of Agency -- Part 2: Rethinking Possibilities in Agency -- 4 I Was There: Agency, Authority and Morality Among the Griko Linguistic Minority of Southern Italy (Apulia) -- 5 Which North Frisian Should Be Maintained? Exploring Language Attitudes and Agency of Speakers and Non-Speakers -- 6 Reconsidering Agency in 21st-Century Language Revitalisation: Insight from the Occitan Context -- Commentary: Rethinking Agency -- Conclusion: Final Thoughts on Agency and Affects -- Index
Open Access https://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2
This book addresses the question of agency in the revitalisation of minoritized languages in Europe. The chapters investigate how grassroots actors shape revitalisation, and how individuals and groups negotiate historical factors, motivations, and institutionalised initiatives and policies in a variety of efforts.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
This eBook is made available Open Access under a CC BY-ND 4.0 license:
In English.
9781800416277
10.21832/9781800416277 doi
Agent (Philosophy).
Language and culture--Europe.
Language revival--Europe.
Linguistic minorities--Europe.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General.