<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>Announcement: Maintaining minority languages - what does it actually mean to transmit a language to the next generation?</div></div><div><br></div><div>Discussion led by Dr. Cassie Smith-Christmas (National University of Ireland, Galway) who will also share with us her research in the Corca Dhuibhne Gaeltacht, Ireland</div><br><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Despite the importance of transmitting a minoritised language from one generation to the next, there is very little critical discussion of this process actually means—that is, what do language planners, activists, and parents mean when they talk about whether intergenerational transmission is successful or not? We will discuss this question in reference to a study based in the Corca Dhuibhne Gaeltacht in Ireland.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">I will argue for the value of thinking about intergenerational transmission in terms of the Irish concept ‘<i>saibhreas</i>’ (‘richness’). This is turn can be broken down into three main components: children whose Irish is <i>saibhir</i> speak Irish that is competent (i.e. they use Irish grammatical structures and vocabulary appropriate for their age); affective (i.e. they use the language for a range of emotional situations, and most importantly, they want to use the language); and local (i.e. Irish as it is spoken on the Corca Dhuibhne Gaeltacht). In particular, we will centre on the ‘local’ component of <i>saibhreas</i> and argue that this emphasis of ‘local’ is underpinned by an understanding which takes into account Standard Irish; other dialects; and the ubiquity of the English language.</p></div><div><br>Date: Thursday 9th May 2019<br>Time: 6:00 - 8:00 pm<br>Venue: Function room<br> Naughton's Hotel<br>Address: 43 Royal Parade, Parkville<br> <a href="http://www.naughtonshotel.com.au/" target="_blank">http://www.naughtonshotel.com.au/</a><div><br></div><div>---------------------------------<br>Dr Ruth Singer<br>Research Fellow</div><div>Wellsprings of Linguistic Diversity Project<br>College of Asia and the Pacific<br>The Australian National University<br><br>Honorary Fellow, School of Languages and Linguistics, University of Melbourne<br><br><a href="http://chl.anu.edu.au/our-people/details/ruth-singer" target="_blank">http://chl.anu.edu.au/our-people/details/ruth-singer</a> <br><a href="http://www.findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au/display/person2621" target="_blank">http://www.findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au/display/person2621</a><br><a href="https://anu-au.academia.edu/RuthSinger" target="_blank">https://anu-au.academia.edu/RuthSinger</a><br><br>Wellsprings project: <a href="http://chl.anu.edu.au/research/research-projects/details/484" target="_blank">http://chl.anu.edu.au/research/research-projects/details/484</a><br>Research Unit for Indigenous Language (RUIL): <a href="http://indiglang.arts.unimelb.edu.au/" target="_blank">http://indiglang.arts.unimelb.edu.au/</a><br>ARC Centre of Excellence for the Dynamics of Language (CoEDL): <a href="http://www.dynamicsoflanguage.edu.au/" target="_blank">http://www.dynamicsoflanguage.edu.au/</a> </div></div></div>
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