Language Policy and the New Speaker Challenge'New speakers' is a term used to describe those who have learnt a minority language not within their home or community settings, but through bilingual education, immersion or migration. Looking specifically at the impact of new speakers on language policy, this book provides an authoritative and detailed examination of minority language policy in Wales, Scotland, Ireland, the Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre, Catalonia and Galicia. Based on interviews with politicians, senior civil servants, academics and civil society activists, it assesses the extent to which interventions derived from a new speakers' perspective has been incorporated into official language practice. It describes several challenges faced by new speakers, before proposing specific recommendations on how to integrate them into established minority language communities. Shedding new light on the deeper issues faced by minority language communities, it is essential reading for students and researchers in sociolinguistics, language policy and planning, language education, bi- and multilingualism. |
Contents
A New Speaker Triptych | 31 |
Normalised Expectations | 53 |
2011 Census 3 2 Number able to speak Welsh by community 2011 By page | 56 |
Cautious Consideration | 110 |
Tempered Acceptance | 154 |
Enthusiastic | 212 |
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Language Policy and the New Speaker Challenge: Hiding in Plain Sight Colin H. Williams Limited preview - 2023 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Language Policy and the New Speaker Challenge |
| Author | Colin H. Williams |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press, 2023 |
| ISBN | 1316517756, 9781316517758 |
| Length | 402 pages |
| Subjects | › › Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / General Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics Language Arts & Disciplines / Reference Political Science / Comparative Politics |
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