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Heritage Languages in the Digital Age : The Case of Autochthonous Minority Languages in Western Europe.

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De Gruyter DG Plus PP Package 2024 Part 2
Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Arendt, Birte.
Contributor:
Reershemius, Gertrud.
Series:
Multilingual Matters Series
Multilingual Matters Series ; v.177
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Heritage language speakers.
Linguistic minorities.
Digital media.
Language and languages--Study and teaching--Computer-assisted instruction.
Language and languages.
Genre:
Essays.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (278 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Bristol : Multilingual Matters, 2024.
Summary:
In light of changing digital communication, this book addresses issues including a shift from a focus on oral to written practices; the rise of new communities of practice and communicative domains; and the need for resulting shifts in language policy and teaching methods when applied to minority (or autochthonous) heritage languages.
Contents:
Frontmatter
Contents
Contributors
Acknowledgements
Introduction: Can Digital Media Help to Prevent Language Shift?
Part 1: Shifting Ideologies
1 Language Ideologies, Digital Technology and Emerging Hierarchies of Knowledge
2 Myth Busters: Online Platforms and Emerging Ideological Shift among Lombard Speakers
3 Focus on Faroese: Digital Insights into the Smallest North Germanic Language Community
4 Breton in the Online Context: A New Speaker Community?
Part 2: Digital Tools and Practices
5 Language, Education and Community in a Digital Age: A Welsh Digital Resources Case Study
6 Teaching a Regional Language in Online Courses: A Learner-Oriented Perspective on Agency, Practices and Evaluation
Part 3: Multilingual Practices on Social Media
7 North Frisian in Social Media: Looking for Computer- Mediated Communication in a Very Small Language
8 Unravelling Language Choice Online: Frisian Bilingual Teenagers on WhatsApp, Snapchat and Instagram
9 ‘Moin mitnanner’: Digital Practices and Low German on Instagram
Epilogue: Agency, Ideologies and the Continuum of Language Practices – Towards an Integrated Theory
Index
Notes:
Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
ISBN:
9781800414242
1800414242
9781800414235
1800414234
OCLC:
1415855342

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