Revitalizing Minority Languages [electronic resource] : New Speakers of Breton, Yiddish and Lemko /
Hornsby, Michael.author.
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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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?.
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.
Ethnology—Middle East .
Sociolinguistics.
Linguistics.
Discourse analysis.
Social history.
Sociology.
Middle Eastern Culture.
Sociolinguistics.
Linguistics, general.
Discourse Analysis.
Social History.
Sociology, general.