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Revitalizing Minority Languages : New Speakers of Breton, Yiddish and Lemko / by Michael Hornsby.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hornsby, Michael., Author.
- Series:
- Palgrave Studies in Minority Languages and Communities, 2947-5899
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ethnology--Middle East.
- Ethnology.
- Culture.
- Sociolinguistics.
- Linguistics.
- Linguistics--Methodology.
- Social history.
- Sociology.
- Middle Eastern Culture.
- Research Methods in Language and Linguistics.
- Social History.
- Local Subjects:
- Middle Eastern Culture.
- Sociolinguistics.
- Linguistics.
- Research Methods in Language and Linguistics.
- Social History.
- Sociology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (183 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2015.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- New speakers are an increasingly important aspect of the revitalization of minority languages since, in some cases, they can make up the majority of the language community in question. This volume examines this phenomenon from the viewpoint of three minority languages: Breton, Yiddish and Lemko.
- Contents:
- Machine 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?.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781137498809
- 1137498803
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