Sociolinguistic creativity: Cape Breton Gaelic's linguistic “tip”

Mertz, Elizabeth

doi:10.1017/cbo9780511620997.011

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“…Regardless of the empirical accuracy of this knowledge, that paper illustrates how claimed knowledge can play an equal or greater role in the formation of language policy discourses. This is reminiscent of the previous work of De Houwer () and Mertz () who found that parents tend to claim knowledge about the nature of bilingualism and second language acquisition, and use this knowledge in deciding whether, and how, to raise children bilingually.…”

Section: A Folk Linguistic Approach To Language Policysupporting

confidence: 58%

Defining Māori language revitalisation: A project in folk linguistics

Albury

2016

Journal of Sociolinguistics

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The postmodern and critical movements in language policy, with their redefinition of governmentality and attention to power structures, call for localised perspectives on language arrangements. In this way, a polity, in its social and cultural context, can be understood as much as the policies it operates. In the case of Indigenous languages undergoing revitalisation, this allows us to define language revitalisation, and the vitality it should deliver, not through western scholarship but for local purposes with local ideas by examining local knowledge and preferences. To do this, a folk linguistic approach was applied to language policy research. A quantitative and qualitative survey investigated how around 1,300 Indigenous and non‐Indigenous youth in New Zealand define Māori language revitalisation from their own perspective and how they perceive the revitalisation processes and outcomes proposed in scholarship and local discourses. The paper shows that claimed linguistic knowledge not only exists parallel to language attitudes, but informs local policy ideas. The findings indicate that these youth define language revitalisation and vitality in terms contextualised by local ontology, knowledge, ideologies and values, therefore challenging the local applicability of universal theories.

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Section: A Folk Linguistic Approach To Language Policysupporting

confidence: 58%

Defining Māori language revitalisation: A project in folk linguistics

Albury

2016

Journal of Sociolinguistics

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“…Thus, Myers-Scotton now prefers to see the Matrix Language as an 'abstract construct ' (2002: 68). looms large (see, among others, Gal, 1979;Dorian, 1981;Mertz, 1989;Legère, 1992;Myers-Scotton, 1992King, 2001). also Gardner-Chloros and Edwards, 2004.…”

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Some structural and social correlates of single word intrasentential code-switching in Jersey Norman French

Jones¹

2005

French Language Studies

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This article investigates single word intrasentential code-switching in obsolescent Jersey Norman French. It considers the relationship between code-switched forms and borrowings and, via an analysis of flagging strategies, reveals that speakers seem to differentiate between these two types of contact form. On the basis of the findings, it is suggested that the presence of self-correction as a flagging device may warrant further investigation as a possible criterion for distinguishing code-switches and borrowings. The switching patterns of individual informants are also examined and it is demonstrated that a speaker's attitude towards the dialect seems to have a bearing on the extent to which they code-switch.

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“…There appears to be a correspondence between bilingualism and subsequent language loss. As there is an increased need for bilingualism for employment or economic advancement, as outlined by Zepeda and Hill (1991), Bradley (1989), and Mertz (1989), the new language takes dominance. In these circumstances a change in economy can lead to language change.…”

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Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night. Rage, Rage, against the Dying of the Light

Blair

Fredeen

1995

Anthropology & Edu Quarterly

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The literature on obsolescent languages provides both helpful and discouraging perspectives. The authors place the circumstances surrounding and the condition of indigenous languages in Western Canada in relation to that found in other parts of the world. Based on sociolinguistic research in Saskatchewan, Canada, a reflection of the significance of language loss for indigenous communities is set furth. INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES, LANGUAGE DEATH, LANGUAGE RETEhTION, LANGUAGE RETRIEVAL Anthropology b Education Quarterly 26(1):27-49.

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Sociolinguistic creativity: Cape Breton Gaelic's linguistic “tip”

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Defining Māori language revitalisation: A project in folk linguistics

Defining Māori language revitalisation: A project in folk linguistics

Some structural and social correlates of single word intrasentential code-switching in Jersey Norman French

Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night. Rage, Rage, against the Dying of the Light

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