Language revitalisation and social transformation / / Huw Lewis, Wilson McLeod, editors

• Pubblicazione: Cham, Switzerland : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , [2021]; ©2021
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (398 pages)
• Disciplina: 306.44
• Soggetto topico: Language revival; Language policy
• Persona (resp. second.): McLeodWilson; LewisHuw <1964->
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Introduction: Language Revitalisation and Social Transformation -- 1 Setting the Context -- 2 Definition and Clarification -- 3 The Backdrop: A Period of Social Transformation -- 3.1 Socio-Demographic Change -- 3.2 Economic Change -- 3.3 Political Change -- 4 Language Revitalisation and Social Transformation: New Questions and Challenges -- 4.1 Intergenerational Transmission and the Evolution of the Family Unit -- 4.2 Mobility, Community and Daily Language Use -- 4.3 Globalisation and the Link Between Language and Economic Development -- 4.4 Governance, Policy-Making and Language Revitalisation -- 5 Overview -- 5.1 Part I: Community -- 5.2 Part II: Family -- 5.3 Part III: Economy -- 5.4 Part IV: Governance and Policy-Making -- References -- Communities -- The Geography of Minority Language Use: From Community to Network -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Welsh as a Community Language -- 2.1 Making Sense of Language Use in the Community -- 2.2 Community Language as Normative Goal -- 3 Understanding Welsh Language Use in Networked Terms -- 4 Conclusions -- References -- Minority Languages in the Age of Networked Individualism: From Social Networks to Digital Breathing Spaces -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Social Networks and Networked Individuals -- 3 The Challenge of Technology -- 4 Online Social Networks -- 5 From Online Social Networks to Digital Breathing Spaces -- 6 Creating and Sustaining Digital Breathing Spaces -- 7 Conclusions -- References -- Communities, Networks and Contemporary Language Revitalisation -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Language and Community -- 3 Territory, Space and Language Use -- 4 A Network-Based Approach to Language Revitalisation -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- Families -- Family Language Policy and Language Transmission in Times of Change. ; 1 Overview and Central Findings -- 2 Challenges and Changes Within the Field -- 3 The Changing Nature of Families -- 4 Changing Nature of Epistemologies and Paradigms -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- Family Language Policy: Promoting Partnership in the Early Years to Support Heritage Languages -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Changing Families -- 1.2 Childcare in Ireland -- 1.3 Sociolinguistic Context of Irish -- 2 Childcare and Family Language Policy -- 2.1 Grandparents and FLP -- 2.2 FLP and Digital Communication -- 3 Promoting Partnership with Parents -- 3.1 Holistic Approaches to Promoting HL Awareness and Confidence Among Parents -- 3.2 Promoting Seamless Transitions from Home to Preschool to School -- 3.3 Recognising Child Agency -- 3.4 Future Research -- 4 Conclusions -- References -- Changes in Family Structure and Lifestyles: Challenges for Regional or Minority Languages -- 1 The Role of Migration -- 2 Defining and Assessing Success -- 3 The Growing Role of Technology -- 4 Sociolinguistic Challenges -- 5 The Role of Institutional Provision -- 6 Conclusion -- References -- Economy -- The Economics of 'Language[s] at Work': Theory, Hiring Model and Evidence -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Language Economics and Its Approach to Labour: Setting the Scene -- 3 Investigating Language(s) at Work -- 4 Optimal Recruitment Policy -- 5 Empirical Evidence -- 6 Concluding Remarks -- References -- Gàidhlig, Gaeilge, Cymraeg and Føroyskt Mál: Minority Languages as Economic Assets? -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Labour Markets, Human Capital and Careers -- 3 Economic and Community Development -- 4 Geographies -- 5 Economic and Business Policy -- 6 Contrasting Developments and Fortunes Across Celtic and Nordic Cases -- 7 Recent Developments and Potential for the Future -- 8 Conclusions -- References. ; Regional and Minority Languages and the Economy: The Evolution of Structural and Analytical Challenges -- 1 Economic Change and the Position of RMLs -- 2 Economic Development and Language Planning -- 3 RMLs and the Economy: Evaluation and Persuasion -- 4 RMLs in the Workplace: Analytical and Practical Issues -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- Governance -- The Governance of Language Revitalisation: The Case of Wales -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Transformation of Governance -- 3 The Governance of Language Revitalisation in Wales -- 3.1 Actors -- 3.2 Policy Implementation -- 3.3 Policy Formulation -- 4 Discussion: Locating the Welsh Approach to Language Revitalisation -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- The Governance of Irish in the Neoliberal Age: The Retreat of the State Under the Guise of Partnership -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Current Architecture of Irish Language Governance -- 2.1 Central Government Departments -- 2.2 Language Agencies -- 2.3 Ombudsman and Compliance Agency -- 2.4 Local Government -- 2.5 Civil Society -- 2.6 Private Sector -- 3 National Factors Influencing Governance -- 3.1 Irish Political Culture -- 3.2 Governance and the Irish Language -- 3.2.1 Comparative Advantage, 1922-32 -- 3.2.2 Developmental Nationalism, 1932-59 -- 3.2.3 Revival and Gaelicisation, 1922-65 -- 3.2.4 Liberalisation, 1959 to Present -- 3.2.5 Bilingualism (1965 to Present) -- 3.2.6 Case Study: The Role of the Civil Service -- 3.2.7 From 'National' to 'Minority' Language -- 4 International factors -- 4.1 Changes in International Trends of Governance -- 4.2 Influence of Changing Trends in Governance on Ireland -- 4.3 Social Partnership -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- Governance, Policy-Making and Language Revitalisation -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Language Revitalisation and Regionalisation -- 3 Language Revitalisation and Internationalisation. ; 4 Language Revitalisation: The Influence of Governmental and Non-Governmental Actors -- 5 Ireland: A Cautionary Tale? -- 6 Conclusion -- References -- Forging Hope in the Company of Cynics -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Revitalise Project as a Network and Programme -- 3 Integrative Threads -- 4 The Metropolitan Multilingual Turn -- 5 Mobilising Communities and Agencies -- 6 Conclusion: Social Criticism in the Service of Immanence and Transcendence5 -- References -- Index.
• Titolo autorizzato: Language revitalisation and social transformation
• ISBN: 3-030-80189-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910502656503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Language and globalization.