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Michael Hornsby
New speakers and minority languages
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Michael Hornsby
Publications on NEW SPEAKERS
My work focuses on the revitalization and transformation of minority languages, many of which face unprecedented pressure from a whole host of factors, both external and internal to the speech communities.
I have been particularly influenced by the work of researchers such as Monica Heller, Alexandra Jaffe, John Edwards, Bernie O'Rourke and James Costa and their approaches to language minoritization in the 21st century.
2005. Neo-breton and questions of authenticity. Estudios de Sociolingüística 6(2): 191-218.
2009. The phenomenon of neo-speakers: Breton and Gaelic perspectives. Lublin Studies in Celtic Linguistics (Perspectives on Celtic Languages 6): 199-294.
2010. “The Ideology of Monolingualism as ‘Standard’ in Brittany.” In: Watson, Moray; Mulligan, Lindsay (eds.) From Vestiges to the Very Day: New Voices in Celtic Studies. Aberdeen: AHRC Centre for Irish and Scottish Studies, 67-75.
2010. Revitalisation of minority languages: Tensions between local and hybrid varieties. Publications of the Võro Institute 24: 30-50.
2017
2017. Language Ideologies: Lessons from Brittany for Kashubia. European Review (2017), 1-15
2018. New Speakers of Minority Languages.
Edited volume with Cassie Smith-Christmas, Noel Ó Murchadha and Máiréad Moriarty. Palgrave Macmillan.
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Wydział Anglistyki UAM, al. Niepodległości 4, 61-874 Poznań, POLAND
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