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Revitalizing minority languages : new speakers of Breton, Yiddish and Lemko / Michael Hornsby

Author
Hornsby, Michael, 1965-
Published
Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
Physical Description
xiv, 168 pages ; 23 cm.

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Contents
1. Minority Languages: A Crisis in Authority -- 2. Legitimate Speakers of Authentic Breton: Who Decides? -- 3. In Search of Authentic Yiddish -- 4. Who Speaks for the Lemko Language? -- 5. New Speakers: The Future of Minority Languages?
Summary
"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."--
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9781137498793 (hardback)
113749879X (hardback)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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