Minority language group status: A theoretical conspexus

Giles, Howard; Leets, Laura; Coupland, Nikolas

doi:10.1080/01434632.1990.9994400

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“…Yet since its introduction the combined notions of objective and subjective vitality have remained useful as conceptual tools for discussing a broad range of applied and theoretical issues within the language and ethnicity literature. These notions have been most fruitfully applied to issues related to cross-cultural communication (Bourhis, 1984b;Gudykunst, 1986;Gudykunst & Ting-Toomey, 1990;Sachdev & Bourhis, 1990a;b), language attitudes (Genesee & Bourhis, 1988;Ryan, Giles & Sebastian, 1982), ethnolinguistic behaviours (Giles & Johnson, 1981;Yaeger-Dror, 1988;van den Berg, 1988) as well as language acquisition and bilingualism (Clement, 1980;Giles & Byrne, 1982;Garrett, Giles & Coupland, 1989;Landry & Allard, 1988) and language maintenance and loss (Giles & Johnson, 1987;Giles, Leets & Coupland, 1990). …”

Section: Ethnolinguistic Vitality: Objective and Subjective Parametersmentioning

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Ethnolinguistic vitality in the Danish capital of America'

Kristiansen

Harwood

Giles

1991

Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development

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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. By ethnographic-like means, we analyse the historical vitality of Solvang to the present leading us to formulate hypotheses for testing in three investigations using the Subjective Vitality Questionnaire (SVQ) with adolescent and adult Danish-and Anglo-Americans.

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Section: Ethnolinguistic Vitality: Objective and Subjective Parametersmentioning

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Ethnolinguistic vitality in the Danish capital of America'

Kristiansen

Harwood

Giles

1991

Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development

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“…For example, it has been applied to issues of cross-cultural communication (Gudykunst and Ting-Toomey 1990), language maintenance (Giles, Leets, and Coupland 1990), second language learning (Clement, Baker, and MacIntyre 2003), acculturation (Bourhis et al 1997) and media studies (Moring and Husband 2007). These applications indicate that the notion of EV has been found useful in explaining phenomena in these studies, but these phenomena can also offer feedback to the EV theory, providing crucial insights into the interrelations between vitality and other factors.…”

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Tradition and innovation in the Ethnolinguistic Vitality theory

Yağmur

Ehala

2011

Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development

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“…The maintenance or loss of member's language/speech style is considered partially or largely dependent on one's ethnic identity (Clachar 1997;Giles, Leets, and Coupland 1990). It has been suggested that if one's ethnic identity is weak, one is more likely to shift to the linguistic behaviour of an out-group, but if it is strong, one is more likely to retain one's in-group language.…”

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The value of adopting multiple approaches and methodologies in the investigation of Ethnolinguistic Vitality

McEntee-Atalianis

2011

Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development

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The concept of 'Ethnolinguistic Vitality' (EV) has received variable acceptance and support since its introduction by Giles, Bourhis, and Taylor. It has especially proven to be a valuable heuristic in studies of language maintenance and shift. However, the reliability and validity of the instruments used to investigate EV, especially questionnaires used to test subjective vitality, have proven to be more problematic. This position paper introduces some of the issues that have been considered as difficult in the conceptualisation, investigation and application of EV and will suggest possible areas for further development. Drawing on a study of language attitudes, shift and the EV of the Greek-Orthodox community in Istanbul, this paper argues that there is much to recommend the tripartite conceptualisation of the EV framework in assessing both subjective and objective vitality via quantitative and qualitative methods. It further argues that studies of EV can be enriched by the use of ethnographic/observational approaches and discourse analytic frameworks, particularly when investigating hybridity. The adoption of both etic and emic approaches facilitates a more detailed engagement with key constructs. The latter will benefit the study of EV and potentially facilitate a rapprochement between researchers from different disciplines.

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Minority language group status: A theoretical conspexus

Cited by 15 publications

References 27 publications

Ethnolinguistic vitality in the Danish capital of America'

Ethnolinguistic vitality in the Danish capital of America'

Tradition and innovation in the Ethnolinguistic Vitality theory

The value of adopting multiple approaches and methodologies in the investigation of Ethnolinguistic Vitality

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