Questions regarding Facebook and language revitalization efforts

[Aliana Parker]

Thanks very much, Daniel. This is indeed both helpful and thought-provoking.
I appreciate your insights.

Best regards,
Aliana


On Fri, Nov 26, 2010 at 1:49 AM, Cunliffe D J (AT) <djcunlif at glam.ac.uk>wrote:

> Hello Aliana,
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> We have done some work looking at the use of Welsh on Facebook which you
> might find interesting.
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> *The use of the Welsh language on Facebook: an initial investigation.<http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13691180902914628>
> * Honeycutt, C. and Cunliffe, D. Information, Communication and Society,
> 13 (2), 2010: 226-248.
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> We have done some further work looking at young Welsh speakers use of Welsh
> in their social networks (both online and offline) which we are currently
> writing up.
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> Our work is not so much looking at Facebook as a tool for education or as a
> deliberate tool for revitalisation, we are more interested in the natural
> (largely unconscious) behaviours of Welsh speakers within the Facebook
> environment and the perception among speakers that it is a space in which
> Welsh can be and is naturally used.
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> I suspect that the significance of Facebook and the way in which it could
> be used will vary greatly from one language context to another, so be
> cautious of generalising from one to another.
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> Hwyl,
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> Daniel.
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> *From:* Indigenous Languages and Technology [mailto:
> ILAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU] *On Behalf Of *Aliana Parker
> *Sent:* 26 November 2010 03:46
> *To:* ILAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU
> *Subject:* [ILAT] Questions regarding Facebook and language revitalization
> efforts
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> Winter greetings to all,
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> First, thank you to all for your many interesting and thought-provoking
> emails! I joined the ILAT just last winter and have really enjoyed learning
> through your discussions. I am a linguistics graduate student in Canada and
> I hope participate and contribute in some small way to language
> revitalization efforts through my research.
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> Currently, I am trying to learn about the role of web-based media in
> indigenous language education, particularly regarding the use of Facebook
> for education and revitalization. Earlier this year in January an email
> exchange went around regarding the use of Facebook with indigenous
> languages, and I would like to follow up on that.
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> Are any of you currently using Facebook, either pages, groups, games or
> other applications to help your language efforts, or do you know of others
> who are? Do you use FB in a personal way in your own language as a concious
> choice to maintain your language? Also, even if you can't answer the first
> questions, do you have any thoughts regarding the use of FB in such a way?
> Do you think it is an effective tool or do you think there are problems with
> the use of it for language revitalization?
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> Any thoughts or comments or links you might have would be greatly
> appreciated.
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> With many thanks and warm wishes,
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> Aliana Parker
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