34.578, Books: Language Policy and the New Speaker Challenge: Williams

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Subject: 34.578, Books: Language Policy and the New Speaker Challenge: Williams

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Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2023 16:29:37
From: Ellena Moriarty [ellena.moriarty at cambridge.org]
Subject: Language Policy and the New Speaker Challenge: Williams

 


Title: Language Policy and the New Speaker Challenge 
Subtitle: Hiding in Plain Sight 
Publication Year: 2023 
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
	   http://www.cambridge.org/linguistics
	

Book URL: https://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/languages-linguistics/sociolinguistics/language-policy-and-new-speaker-challenge-hiding-plain-sight?format=HB 


Author: Colin H. Williams

Hardback: ISBN:  9781316517758 Pages:  Price: U.S. $ 135.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9781316517758 Pages:  Price: U.K. £ 105.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9781316517758 Pages:  Price: Europe EURO 122.55


Abstract:

'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.
 



1. The emergence of the new speaker phenomenon; 2. Popinjays, pragmatism and
policy: a new speaker triptych; 3. Wales: normalised expectations; 4.
Scotland: cautious consideration; 5. Ireland: tempered acceptance; 6. The
Basque autonomous community and Navarre: enthusiastic endorsement; 7.
Catalonia and Galicia: unalloyed support?; 8. The policy community and
recommendations on new speakers; 9. Conclusion: contemporary challenges;
Appendices.
 


Linguistic Field(s): Language Documentation
                     Sociolinguistics


Written In: English  (eng)

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