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<font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Hi everyone,<br>
<br>
I'm shamelessly spamming across a few lists about an article I've
recently had published. I'm doing this because it's open access
and because, as I note in the acknowledgements, this is The Big
One that took me at least 13 years to put together -- so you're
unlikely to receive too many more emails like this from me!<br>
<br>
Here is the article in </font><font face="Helvetica, Arial,
sans-serif"><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">IJAL</font>:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://doi.org/10.1111/ijal.12463">https://doi.org/10.1111/ijal.12463</a><br>
<br>
And here's a piece I wrote for The Conversation based on it:<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://theconversation.com/protecting-endangered-languages-feels-right-but-does-it-really-help-people-211063">https://theconversation.com/protecting-endangered-languages-feels-right-but-does-it-really-help-people-211063</a><br>
<br>
(The latter comes with all the usual advance warning about
over-simplifications, and encouragement to check the IJAL piece
for more detail and clarity!)<br>
<br>
Some of you will have seen me presenting versions of this at
different conferences and seminars over the years. As I hope I
made clear during those talks (and in the article) I'm really not
trying to undermine the pursuit of minority language rights, even
if it might superficially feel that way at first. I'm really
hoping to develop a more nuanced and holistic pursuit of language
rights alongside a broader spread of human freedoms which I think
are best addressed using the "capabilities" framework borrowed
from development studies. This framework was first mentioned in
relation to LPP -- as far as I could find out -- by Tove
Skutnabb-Kangas in 2005 (I note this in the article), and I've
tried to build on that to develop a coherent overall framework for
understanding the rationales of all language policy and planning.<br>
<br>
Anyway I hope it's of some interest. By all means feel free to get
in touch with any ideas emerging from it.<br>
<br>
All the best,<br>
Dave<br>
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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="85">__________________
Dr. Dave Sayers, ORCID no. 0000-0003-1124-7132
Senior Lecturer & Docent, Dept Language & Communication Studies, U. Jyväskylä, Finland | <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.jyu.fi">www.jyu.fi</a>
Chair, EU COST Action CA19102 'Language in the Human-Machine Era' | <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.lithme.eu">www.lithme.eu</a>
Founder & Moderator, TeachLing | <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/teachling">https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/teachling</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:dave.sayers@cantab.net">dave.sayers@cantab.net</a> | <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://jyu.academia.edu/DaveSayers">https://jyu.academia.edu/DaveSayers</a></pre>
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