Minority Language Conference (4th)
Vol.I General Papers
Published on 9. November 1990
Book
Hardback
200 pages
978-1-85359-104-4 (ISBN)
Description
This second volume of papers from the Fourth International Conference on Minority Languages emphasises the inventorial or descriptive approach, whereas the more theoretically oriented papers were published in Volume I.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Bristol
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Channel View Publications Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 210 mm
Width: 149 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
360 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85359-104-4 (9781853591044)
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Persons
Durk Gorter is Ikerbasque research professor in the Department of Education Sciences at the University of the Basque Country, UPV/EHU, Spain. He conducts research on multilingual education, European minority languages and linguistic landscapes; topics on which he has published widely.
Jehannes Ytsma is senior researcher at the Fryske Akademy (The Netherlands). His publications are in the fields of bi- and trilingualism in school and society. He is currently conducting a research project on trilingual primary education in Friesland.
Jehannes Ytsma is senior researcher at the Fryske Akademy (The Netherlands). His publications are in the fields of bi- and trilingualism in school and society. He is currently conducting a research project on trilingual primary education in Friesland.
Content
Durk Gorter, J. F. Hoekstra, L. G. Jansma and J. Ytsma: Preface
1. Joshua A. Fishman: What is Reversing Language Shift (RLS) and How Can It Succeed?
2. Howard Giles, Laura Leets and Nikolas Coupland: Minority Language Group Status: A Theoretical Conspexus
3. John de Vries: On Coming to Our Census: A Layman's Guide to Demolinguistics
4. Tove Skutnabb-Kangas: Legitimating or Delegitimating New Forms of Racism-The Role of Researchers
5. Germen de Haan: Grammatical Borrowing and Language Change: The Dutchification of Frisian
6. A. B. Anderson: Comparative Analysis of Language Minorities: A Sociopolitical Framework
7. John Edwards: Notes for a Minority-Language Typology: Procedures and Justification
8. Francois Grin: The Economic Approach to Minority Languages
9. Anders Ahlqvist: Summing Up
List of Participants
Contents of Volume II
1. Joshua A. Fishman: What is Reversing Language Shift (RLS) and How Can It Succeed?
2. Howard Giles, Laura Leets and Nikolas Coupland: Minority Language Group Status: A Theoretical Conspexus
3. John de Vries: On Coming to Our Census: A Layman's Guide to Demolinguistics
4. Tove Skutnabb-Kangas: Legitimating or Delegitimating New Forms of Racism-The Role of Researchers
5. Germen de Haan: Grammatical Borrowing and Language Change: The Dutchification of Frisian
6. A. B. Anderson: Comparative Analysis of Language Minorities: A Sociopolitical Framework
7. John Edwards: Notes for a Minority-Language Typology: Procedures and Justification
8. Francois Grin: The Economic Approach to Minority Languages
9. Anders Ahlqvist: Summing Up
List of Participants
Contents of Volume II