Agency in the Peripheries of Language Revitalisation : : Examining European Practices on the Ground / / ed. by Mary S. Linn, Alejandro Dayán-Fernández.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus PP Package 2024 Part 2
• MitwirkendeR: Admiraal, Femmy,; Brennan, Sara C.,; Costa, James,; Dayán-Fernández, Alejandro,; Dołowy-Rybińska, Nicole,; Dáyan-Fernández, Alejandro,; Grenoble, Lenore A.,; Hifearnáin, Tadhg Ó.,; Langer, Nils,; Linn, Mary S.,; O'Rourke, Bernadette,; Pellegrino, Manuela,; Ratajczak, Cordula,; Ruiséal, Orlaith,; Smith-Christmas, Cassie,; Terhart, Lena,
• HerausgeberIn: Dayán-Fernández, Alejandro,; Linn, Mary S.,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol ;, Blue Ridge Summit : : Multilingual Matters, , [2024]; ©2024
• Year of Publication: 2024
• Language: English
• Series: Multilingual Matters ; 178
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (200 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Contributors --; Preface and Acknowledgements --; Introduction: Sustaining Minoritised Languages in Europe: An Agentive Perspective on Social Actors and Language Revitalisation --; Part 1: Building Agency --; 1 Tús Maith: Empowering Children's Agentive Role in Language Revitalisation --; 2 Sowing the Seeds at Semente: Urban Breathing Spaces and New Speaker Agency --; 3 The Dynamics of a Triangle of Agency: Sorbian Language Policy --; Commentary: Language Confl ict and the Contextual Nature of Agency --; Part 2: Rethinking Possibilities in Agency --; 4 I Was There: Agency, Authority and Morality Among the Griko Linguistic Minority of Southern Italy (Apulia) --; 5 Which North Frisian Should Be Maintained? Exploring Language Attitudes and Agency of Speakers and Non-Speakers --; 6 Reconsidering Agency in 21st-Century Language Revitalisation: Insight from the Occitan Context --; Commentary: Rethinking Agency --; Conclusion: Final Thoughts on Agency and Affects --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781800416277; 9783111332383; 9783111428390
• DOI: 10.21832/9781800416277
• Access: Open Access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Mary S. Linn, Alejandro Dayán-Fernández.

This book addresses the question of agency in the revitalisation of minoritized languages in Europe. 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.