Micro-level language-planning and grass-root initiatives: a case study of Irish language comedy and Inari Sámi rap

• Máiréad Moriarty ^[1] ; Sari Pietikäinen ^[2]
  1. [1] University of Limerick

     University of Limerick

     Irlanda

     
  2. [2] University of Jyväskylä

     University of Jyväskylä

     Jyväskylä, Finlandia

     
• Localización: Current issues in language planning, ISSN 1466-4208, Vol. 12, Nº. 3, 2011, págs. 363-379
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The aim of this paper is to examine the increased potential for language change from the micro-level, given the new domains in which minority languages are present in the global era. Drawing on the theoretical notion of sociolinguistic scales this paper presents a comparative account of the changing positions of the Irish and Inari Sámi languages. Specifically, this paper is centred on a comparative study of two media personalities, namely an Irish language stand-up comedian, Des Bishop, and an Inari Sámi rap artist, Amoć, whose success as language-planning actors stems from their use of the mediated space to influence micro-level language planning. By identifying both Bishop and Amoć as micro-level language-planning actors, this paper will examine the potential knock on effects of such initiatives for macro-level language-planning agencies, such as the educational domain, thereby pointing to the potential for increased minority language recovery when such languages achieve new values and functions.