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Impact of state indifference on ethnolinguistic vitality

Journal of Language and Discrimination, 2023
This paper reports on ethnolinguistic vitality and the impact of state indifference on it among Baltis of Kargil in Ladakh division of former Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) state in India. The Baltis of Kargil have registered a negative population growth over last three consecutive decades in official records even when the population of district Kargil ...
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Ethnolinguistic Vitality, Identity and Power: Investment in SLA

Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 2020
This article concerns the relationship between social context, identity and intergroup relations. It reviews early formulations pertaining to contextual influences and proceeds to examine vitality theory, specifically, ethnolinguistic vitality (EV). The ensuing discussion considers objective aspects of EV such as the demographic representation of a ...
Richard Clément, Bonny Norton
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Understanding and forecasting Ethnolinguistic Vitality

Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2011
Forecasting of ethnolinguistic vitality can only be done within a well-functioning descriptive and explanatory model of the dynamics of language stability and shift. It is proposed that the Perceived Benefit Model of Language Shift, used with a taxonomy of language shift motivations, provides that model.
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Ethnolinguistic Orientation and Language Variation: Measuring and Archiving Ethnolinguistic Vitality, Attitudes, and Identity

Language and Linguistics Compass, 2014
Abstract Sociolinguists and social psychologists have long been interested in how language variation is associated with social psychological variables, including people's beliefs about and attitudes toward languages and their speakers, as well as their feelings of affiliation with ethnolinguistic groups, and there
Kimberly A. Noels, Hali Kil, Yang Fang
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Subjective ethnolinguistic vitality: a comparison of two measures

International Journal of the Sociology of Language, 1994
Les As. proposent une etude empirique qui compare deux mesures de la vitalite ethnolinguistique (Subjective Ethnolinguistic Vitality Questionnaire, Bourhis et al., 1981, et Beliefs on Ethnolinguistic Vitality Questionnaire, Allard et Landry, 1987).
Réal Allard, Rodrigue Landry
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Revisiting the Philippine ethnolinguistic vitality

Language Problems and Language Planning
Abstract Socio-political factors and pragmatism are frequently cited for language attrition and endangerment. Thus, UNESCO has drawn attention to language vitality research as it is pivotal for language planning and revitalization programs. Bugkalot is an indigenous language that strives for survival in a multilingual community.
John Arvin Villamin de Roxas, Celso Jr. Porbido Resueño, Kirck Michael Britos De Leon, Joan Corpuz Ravago, Karryl Angelie Abon-Amis   +4 more
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Refining the notion of ethnolinguistic vitality

International Journal of Multilingualism, 2010
Abstract The paper argues that the notion of ethnolinguistic vitality has been used ambiguously in the vitality theory, denoting three distinct theoretical concepts: sustainability (Su), strength (S) and vitality (V). It is hypothesised that sustainability is a group's ability to continue existing as a group while vitality is its ability to act as a ...
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Subjective ethnolinguistic vitality viewed as a belief system

Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1986
Proceeding on the assumption that inter‐ethnic behaviour is mediated by perceptions of ethnolinguistic vitality, it is postulated that the prediction of inter‐ethnic behaviour should rely on a cognitive theory framework. In this article, cognitive orientation theory is used as a basis for the development of a model of subjective ethnolinguistic ...
Réal Allard, Rodrigue Landry
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Ethnolinguistic vitality in the Danish capital of America'

Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1991
Abstract This paper analyses objective/subjective and qualitative/quantitative aspects of vitality in Solvang, a Danish‐American community. The setting is interesting for its radical transformation from being all about leading a fulfilling (Grundtvigian) community life to being instrumentally all about attracting tourists with an external Danish facade.
Kristiansen, Tore, Harwood, Jake, Giles, Howard   +2 more
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Ethnolinguistic vitality among Japanese-Brazilians: challenges and possibilities

International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2014
This paper explores ethnolinguistic vitality among Japanese-Brazilians (Nikkeis). First, an 18-item questionnaire was administered to 33 individuals who attended a seminar on bilingual studies held in Sao Paulo. Then, two bilingual Nikkei teachers who participated in the questionnaire and who grew up to be bilinguals themselves were invited for a more ...
Mitsuyo Sakamoto, Leiko Matsubara Morales   +1 more
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