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Transatlantic Context for Gaelic Language Revitalisation [PDF]
Studia Celtica Posnaniensia, 2020 AbstractThe notion of the ‘new speaker’, and its salience particularly in relation to minority language sociolinguistics, has become increasingly prevalent in the last decade. The term refers to individuals who have acquired an additional language to high levels of oracy and make frequent use of it in the course of their lives.
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Mediating Structures in Sámi Language Revitalisation
Social Inclusion, 2016 The revitalisation of the Sámi languages and support for language domains are central educational measures in the post-assimilation situation in Northern Europe.
Erika Sarivaara, Pigga Keskitalo
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A return to the past? The Spanish as the First Foreign Language policy in Trinidad and Tobago
Open Linguistics, 2021 Situated close to the coast of Venezuela, the small twin-island nation of Trinidad & Tobago is geographically South American, but culturally Caribbean.
Hoyte-West Antony
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Matjarr Djuyal: How Using Gesture in Teaching Gathang Helps Preschoolers Learn Nouns
Languages, 2021 There are important efforts being made to revitalise Aboriginal languages in Australia, which are both pedagogically and culturally appropriate. This research seeks to expand the current knowledge of the effectiveness of gesturing as a teaching strategy ...
Anjilkurri Radley +3 more
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Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics Plus, 2019 Minority language groups in Zimbabwe face many challenges as they strive for space for, and recognition of, their languages. This study focuses particularly on the Tonga language spoken in the Binga district of Zimbabwe.
Chikasha, Jubilee , Beukes, Anne-Marie
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Language Revitalisation in Gaelic Scotland
Journal of International Students, 2021 Through their native languages, certain groups of people claim political, social, geographical, and ethnic identity and a legal base for their existence. Colonialism, however, has vanished minority spoken languages in many parts of the world. Additionally, despite claims of a “global village,” the advent of internationalization has further isolated ...
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The Irish Language – a Unique Part of Irish Life and Cultural Revitalisation and Protection
Relacje Międzykulturowe, 2017 The present paper is devoted to the topic of the Irish language and its relation to Irish identity in the modern world, taking into account crucial aspects of the language’s revitalisation and protection.
Anna Slatinská
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Nordlyd: Tromsø University Working Papers on Language & Linguistics, 2022 Inari Saami does not have a strong written tradition. The current orthography was adopted as recently as the 1990s, and the revitalization process is beginning only now to shift its focus from increasing the number of speakers to strengthening the ...
Petter Morottaja +2 more
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Shifting Language Ideologies among Young Maya Professionals: Overcoming Purism in Yucatán
Critical Multilingualism Studies, 2016 This paper looks at the ideologies of language purism among young Maya professionals from the Yucatán peninsula of Mexico. After an introduction to language purism and its influence on revitalisation processes, I analyse the narratives of some young ...
Josep Cru
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Representations of Karelians and the Karelian language in Karelian and Russian local newspapers
Eesti ja Soome-ugri Keeleteaduse Ajakiri, 2015 The paper presents the results of a critical discourse analysis study conducted on two Karelian and two Russian local newspapers that are regularly published in the Republic of Karelia.
Outi Tánczos
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