Emic and essentialist perspectives on Gaelic heritage: New speakers, language policy, and cultural identity in Nova Scotia and Scotland
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DOI: 10.1017/s0047404520000032
Abstract: Abstract The concept of the ‘new speaker’ has gained currency in the sociolinguistics of minority languages in the past decade, referring to individuals who have acquired an additional language outside of the home and who… read more here.
Keywords: emic essentialist; identity; policy; new speakers ... See more keywords
Activating new speakers: research among Spain's historic linguistic minorities
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DOI: 10.1080/01434632.2021.1987444
Abstract: When, why, and how do people who regularly speak a majority language decide to become speakers of the minority language where they live? How do we understand their motivations, challenges, and behaviors? And how do… read more here.
Keywords: language; new speaker; minority; new speakers ... See more keywords
Responding to sociolinguistic change: New speakers and variationist sociolinguistics
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DOI: 10.1177/13670069221110381
Abstract: Aims: The goal of this special issue is to anchor an understanding of language variation and change in a relatively newly adopted framework for researching ‘new speakers’ of minoritized languages. Approach: This paper first reviews… read more here.
Keywords: change; variationist sociolinguistics; new speakers; language variation ... See more keywords
Teachers as new speakers of a minority language: Identity, speakerness, and ideologies on variation in Irish
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DOI: 10.1177/13670069221110384
Abstract: Aims and objectives: This article reports the ideologies on linguistic variation among a cohort of new speaker teachers (NSTs) of Irish. It investigates responses to the three main traditional dialects of Irish and a post-traditional… read more here.
Keywords: minority language; variety; identity speakerness; language ... See more keywords
New speakers and language change in Diné Bizaad (Navajo)
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DOI: 10.1177/13670069221110400
Abstract: Aims and objectives: This paper analyzes the extent to which new speakers are participating in an ongoing phonological change in Diné Bizaad (Navajo). The implications of these patterns are discussed as they relate to theories… read more here.
Keywords: methodology; din bizaad; language; language change ... See more keywords
The dynamics of Hawaiian speakerhood in the family
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DOI: 10.1515/ijsl-2018-2003
Abstract: Abstract While the majority of studies on new speakers focuses on language use in educational and community contexts, the family is becoming an increasingly relevant site since new speakers are now incorporating their languages into… read more here.
Keywords: dynamics hawaiian; new speakers; hawaiian speakerhood; speakerhood family ... See more keywords