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A multimodal dataset for automating language vitality and endangerment assessment in south-south Nigeria. [PDF]

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Ekpenyong M   +29 more
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Enregistering authenticity in language revitalisation

Journal of Sociolinguistics, 2018
Authenticity is a key concept of language revitalisation; any attempt to restore the language practices of the past aims at achieving the authentic language. Since, as much of recent sociolinguistic scholarship has argued, this goal can only be met through metapragmatic activities, the emically defined success of language revitalisation also depends on
Csanad Bodo, Noémi Fazakas
exaly   +2 more sources

Revitalising contested languages

2021
Abstract This chapter opens with an introduction to the Lombard language and its institutional and sociolinguistic situation, including the reasons why the term “language” is used and not the commonly used “dialect”. The second and main part of the chapter looks
Paolo Coluzzi   +2 more
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When language revitalisation transcends linguistic issues: Motivations for the revitalisation of Tonga

Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies, 2021
This article presents findings from research on Tonga language revitalisation. Tonga is a formerly marginalised indigenous language  spoken in north-western Zimbabwe. It is part of Zimbabwe’s linguistic ecology comprising 16 officially recognised languages that exist in a polyglossic situation.
Jubilee Chikasha, Anne-Marie Beukes
openaire   +2 more sources

Language Revitalisation in Gaelic Scotland

2019
Situated within the interrelated disciplines of applied sociolinguistics and the sociology of language, this book explores the language use and attitudinal perceptions of a sample of 130 adults who received Gaelic-medium education (GME) at primary school, during the first years of that system’s availability in Scotland.
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Revitalising the Regional Languages of France

2007
Although in decline for years, the RLs have refused to go away, and there is now some state recognition in the shape of teaching subsidies, some presence in the media and cultural events, and also some important institutional innovations. There are a number of reasons for this change of heart.
openaire   +1 more source

Language documentation and pedagogy for endangered languages: a mutual revitalisation

2014
Language Documentation and Description, Vol. 6 (2009)
Nathan, David, Fang, Meili
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