[lg policy] A request

[Zaidi]

Dave
It is great help. I owe you.
Regards.
Abbas Zaidi 

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I raised a similar question about the minority/majority question last May.
I'll forward all the responses to you separately.

As for defining power, I can recommend this:
http://books.google.com/books?id=quoKni9pjI8C&printsec=frontcover

Dave

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On 19:59, Christina Paulston wrote:
> If by majority, you mean numbers and by minority subordinate groups in 
> a nation state, all the native languages of RSA under apartheid ( and 
> probably to a degree still) would be examples. ( If you are picky, you 
> can probably find tribal languages of less  than the 3 million 
> speakers -- rough estimate of Afrikaans speakers -- which would then 
> not qualify).  If by majority you mean superordinate but small in 
> numbers, the Afrikaners of same time is an example, the  Swedes in 
> Finland during joint kingdom days, etc.  With increasing number of 
> democratic countries, and increasing clout through actual votes, the 
> first example is becoming less common.  We (sociology of language 
> people ) don't see very much in the literature of split power between 
> groups, e.g. Quebec which had Anglo economic power and Francophone  
> demographic, meaning majority votes, power  but the present language 
> policies are a result of this split power.  The Francophone concern 
> for Canadian minority language rights has not extended to their 
> indigenous population.
>     If I have misinterpreted your question, you will have to define 
> your terms which I suggest you do anyway. It will make for less 
> confusion.  But I am guilty of the same; I ( and sociolinguists in
> general) throw the  concept of power around without much or any 
> analysis of sources and explication in general.  If anyone has a 
> useful definition, analysis of power, I would love a reference or two.  
> By useful I mean as a concept that can do solid work on the
> language scene. Any poli sci people out there?       Christina
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> On Apr 9, 2011, at 11:53 AM, Zaidi wrote:
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>> Friends
>> In what context(s) can a majority language be considered a minority 
>> language? Are there some examples?
>> Many thanks and Regards.
>> Abbas Zaidi
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