Agency in the Peripheries of Language Revitalisation : Examining European Practices on the Ground

Name: Agency in the Peripheries of Language Revitalisation : Examining European Practices on the Ground
Brand: Multilingual Matters

Multilingual Matters

A unique focus on the issue of agency in minority language revitalisation in Europe.\nThis book addresses the question of agency in the revitalisation of minoritised languages in Europe, with each chapter presenting an ethnographic account of how language policy operates in a specific linguistic context. The chapters investigate how grassroots actors shape revitalisation, and how individuals and groups negotiate historical factors, motivations, and institutionalised initiatives and policies in a variety of efforts.\nBetween them the chapters address both contexts where social actors have gained and exerted agency in their revitalisation efforts, and contexts where issues of authority, authenticity and lack of engagement plague efforts; these chapters provide insights into how social actors\n\nAgency in the Peripheries of Language Revitalisation\nExamining European Practices on the Ground\nFree UK delivery on this item.\n\nThis brand new item is available with free UK delivery using R;