Naslov
Perspectives on Language Sustainability: Discourses, Policies and Practices

Urednik/ci
Šimičić, Lucija ; Bilić Meštrić, Klara

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija knjige
Uredničke knjige, zbornik, znanstvena

Izdavač
Walter de Gruyter

Grad
Lahti

Godina
2017

Stranica
90

Ključne riječi
language sustainability, language policy and planning, language revitalization, multilingualism, language endangerment

Sažetak
This special issue aims to examine theoretically- and empirically-founded approaches to language endangerment, vitality maintenance, and revitalisation. The articles take into consideration the intricate relationship between a variety of factors affecting language vitality and sustainability with a special focus on their management across diverse policy levels (global, local, individual). Papers in this volume demonstrate how such issues are linked to global shifts in modes of living, marked by the precarious conditions that either stem from free-market economy or the global turmoil and unrest that is destabilising political order in Europe and globally. Other factors that contribute to, or are affected by, (recent) changes in local language ecologies and, specifically, in small (and endangered) language communities worldwide, are also discussed. Various discourses and policies related to language endangerment, as well as practices related to rendering endangered languages more sustainable, are presented.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Filologija

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