ELL: Re: Literature and endangered languages

[deekonda narsingarao]

dear ma'am,
best wishes to attend the festival. i would be glad enough if you could kindly give the details of it later.

thanking you
deekonda narsinga rao
india.


On Wed, 14 Nov 2001 Julia Sallabank wrote :
> Dear Dennis
>
> I am doing research on Guernesiais (Guernsey Norman
> French), the highly
> endangered native language of Guernsey, Channel Isles.
> Every year there is
> an Eisteddfod, a general cultural festival which
> includes competitions in
> reciting poetry and prose, plays and sketches, etc. in
> guernesiais. There
> are classes for different levels of expertise in the
> langauge. I intend to
> attend this in March 2002 (and possibly enter it in the
> future!). The
> guernesiais part of the festival has grown over the
> last few years and now
> covers two evenings rather than one. As well as the
> recitation of 'classics'
> (poetry and stories written by acknowledged masters), a
> great deal of
> creativity and literacy in the language is engendered
> by the event (this is
> a language which is generally seen as spoken only). It
> is not a tourist
> event; it is held in the winter and is taken very
> seriously by contestants.
>
> However, it is unclear to what extent such events
> actually contribute to
> language revitalization, i.e. to intergenerational use
> in the home.
> I would have thought indirectly, by encouraging pride
> in the native
> language.
>
> Does anybody have any thoughts on this?
>
> Best wishes
>
> Julia Sallabank
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dennis Holt" <dionisio77 at yahoo.com>
> To: <endangered-languages-l at cleo.murdoch.edu.au>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2001 1:34 AM
> Subject: ELL: Literature and endangered languages
>
>
> > Dear ELLers,
> >
> > I am interested in information about the use of
> > creative-writing workshops, poetry-festivals, literary
> > contests, and any other kind of literature-oriented
> > events and activities in connection with attempts to
> > revitali
 or to reverse
> > language-shift.
> >
> > Thank you for whatever information you may be able to
> > provide.
> >
> > Dennis Holt
> >
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