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001 2015019587
003 DLC
005 20150701083348.0
008 150629s2015 enk 000 0 eng
010 $a 2015019587
020 $a9781137498793 (hardback)
040 $aDLC$beng$erda$cDLC
042 $apcc
050 00 $aP40.5.L56$bH67 2015
082 00 $a305.7$223
084 $aHIS054000$aLAN009050$aLAN018000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aHornsby, Michael,$d1965-
245 10 $aRevitalizing minority languages :$bnew speakers of Breton, Yiddish and Lemko /$cMichael Hornsby.
263 $a1509
264 1 $aHoundmills, Baskingstoke Hampshire ;$aNew York :$bPalgrave Macmillan,$c2015.
300 $apages cm.
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
490 0 $aPalgrave studies in minority languages and communities
520 $a"In recent decades the 'death' of minority languages has attracted the attention of journalists, scholars and the general public and now features in various discourses about the decline of ecological and cultural diversity due to globalization. Many minority languages are undergoing revitalization (mainly through educational initiatives) and, as a result, some of these languages can demonstrate a slowing down in the rate of decline in the number of speakers. This has led to the appearance, in many instances, of so-called 'new' speakers, that is speakers who have acquired a minority language outside the traditional conduits of family and/or community. This book examines the background to this phenomenon and demonstrates how new speakers have appeared among Breton, Yiddish and Lemko speakers, all of whom demonstrate similar struggles and successes in their attempts to use their adopted languages in a meaningful way. "--$cProvided by publisher.
505 8 $aMachine generated contents note: -- 1. Minority Languages: A Crisis in Authority2. Legitimate Speakers of Authentic Breton: Who Decides?3. In Search of Authentic Yiddish4. Who Speaks for the Lemko Language?5. New Speakers: The Future of Minority Languages?.
650 0 $aLinguistic minorities.
650 0 $aLanguage revival.
650 0 $aSociolinguistics.
650 7 $aHISTORY / Social History.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aLANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aLANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Speech.$2bisacsh