UID:
edoccha_9961525228502883
Format:
1 online resource (226 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-80041-628-8
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1-80041-627-X
Series Statement:
Multilingual Matters Series ; v.178
Content:
This book addresses the question of agency in the revitalisation of minoritised languages in Europe. The chapters investigate how grassroots actors shape revitalisation, and how individuals and groups negotiate historical factors, motivations, and institutionalised initiatives and policies in a variety of efforts.
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Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Contributors --
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Preface and Acknowledgements --
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Introduction: Sustaining Minoritised Languages in Europe: An Agentive Perspective on Social Actors and Language Revitalisation --
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Part 1: Building Agency --
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1 Tús Maith: Empowering Children’s Agentive Role in Language Revitalisation --
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2 Sowing the Seeds at Semente: Urban Breathing Spaces and New Speaker Agency --
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3 The Dynamics of a Triangle of Agency: Sorbian Language Policy --
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Commentary: Language Confl ict and the Contextual Nature of Agency --
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Part 2: Rethinking Possibilities in Agency --
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4 I Was There: Agency, Authority and Morality Among the Griko Linguistic Minority of Southern Italy (Apulia) --
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5 Which North Frisian Should Be Maintained? Exploring Language Attitudes and Agency of Speakers and Non-Speakers --
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6 Reconsidering Agency in 21st-Century Language Revitalisation: Insight from the Occitan Context --
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Commentary: Rethinking Agency --
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Conclusion: Final Thoughts on Agency and Affects --
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Index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-80041-625-3
Language:
English
DOI:
10.21832/9781800416277
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