Activating new speakers: research among Spain's historic linguistic minorities

Urla, Jacqueline; Ramallo, Fernando

doi:10.1080/01434632.2021.1987444

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“…While the concept of new speaker is finding grounds in other geographic areas, both books focus on new speakers of European minority languages, in part because research collaborations were formed through European funding (Urla & Ramallo, 2022). The concept of new speakers came about as an alliance of European scholars, specialized in minority languages, who wanted to analytically theorize the process of becoming a speaker of a language that might not, for various reasons, be recognized as a first language for the speaker.…”

Section: New Speakers Raciolinguistics and Decolonial Imaginaires Of ...mentioning

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The promise of New Speakers: Power with and against agency for a sociolinguistics of justice

McLaughlin

2022

Journal of Sociolinguistics

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Section: New Speakers Raciolinguistics and Decolonial Imaginaires Of ...mentioning

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The promise of New Speakers: Power with and against agency for a sociolinguistics of justice

McLaughlin

2022

Journal of Sociolinguistics

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“…Yet, the fact that numerous minority languages remain endangered despite such measures (e.g., Sallabank & Austin 2011;Rehg & Campbell 2018) indicates that, at least in some communities, the outcomes of these planning measures fall short of the desired revitalisation objectives. By contrast, the Basque Country constitutes an example of relatively successful revitalisation: since the 1970s, the number of Basque speakers in the autonomous community has increased from 25% to almost 40%, largely as a result of immersion and bilingual education (Urla & Ramallo 2022). This highlights the potentially pivotal role of socalled 'new speakers' in revitalisation efforts.…”

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Evaluative reactions to minority languages and their varieties: Evidence from new speakers of West Frisian

Kircher¹,

Kutlu²,

Vellinga³

2022

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This is the first study to demonstrate a systematic link between (1) attitudes towards minority languages and (2) ideologies regarding the standardised varieties of minority languages that tend to be taught to new speakers – that is, individuals who are acquiring a language outside the home, typically later on in life. A questionnaire was used to elicit new speakers’ (n=264) attitudes towards West Frisian and their ideological evaluations of its standardised variety. The results revealed that status-related attitudes correlate with ideological evaluations in terms of anonymity, and solidarity-related attitudes correlate with ideological evaluations in terms of authenticity. The paper argues that more comprehensive insights can be gained if the different ontological and epistemological positions typically associated with attitudes and ideologies research are reconciled. Moreover, the Frisian context exemplifies the important implications that new speakers’ attitudinal and ideological evaluations have for language planning that aims to promote minority language revitalisation.

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“…Austin & Sallabank 2011;Rehg & Campbell 2018) indicates that-at least in some communities-the outcomes of these planning measures fall short of the desired revitalisation objectives. By contrast, the Basque Country constitutes an example of relatively successful revitalisation: since the 1970s, the number of Basque speakers in the autonomous community has increased from 25% to almost 40%, largely as a result of immersion and bilingual education (Urla & Ramallo 2022). This highlights the potentially pivotal role of so-called 'new speakers' in revitalisation efforts.…”

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Evaluative reactions to minority languages and their varieties: Evidence from new speakers of West Frisian

Kircher,

Kutlu,

Vellinga

2023

Lang. Soc.

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Little is known about the connection between individuals’ evaluative reactions to (i) minority languages as such, and (ii) specific varieties of these minority languages. This study investigates such evaluative reactions amongst new speakers of Frisian in the Netherlands (n = 264). A questionnaire was used to elicit participants’ attitudes towards the Frisian language and their evaluations of the specific variety of Frisian they were taught. The results reveal a significant correlation between participants’ status-related attitudes towards Frisian and their anonymity-related evaluations of the variety they were taught—as well as between participants’ solidarity-related attitudes towards Frisian and their authenticity-related evaluations of the variety they were taught. The former are close to neutral; the latter are mildly positive. The article discusses how these results not only advance our general understanding of language in society, but also facilitate the development of more comprehensive science communication to inform revitalisation strategies in minority contexts. (Language attitudes, language ideologies, minority languages, language planning, language revitalisation, language transmission, new speakers)*

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Activating new speakers: research among Spain's historic linguistic minorities

Cited by 6 publications

References 8 publications

The promise of New Speakers: Power with and against agency for a sociolinguistics of justice

The promise of New Speakers: Power with and against agency for a sociolinguistics of justice

Evaluative reactions to minority languages and their varieties: Evidence from new speakers of West Frisian

Evaluative reactions to minority languages and their varieties: Evidence from new speakers of West Frisian

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