Introduction

• Autores: Michael Hornsby
• Localización: Transmitting Minority Languages: Complementary Reversing Language Shift Strategies / Michael Hornsby (ed. lit.), Wilson McLeod (ed. lit.), 2022, ISBN 978-3-030-87909-9, págs. 1-14
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • This introductory chapter discusses the core issues surrounding minority language maintenance, such as community solidarity, attitudes and ideologies which speakers associate with their languages (and with those who speak them), the value placed on bi- or multilingualism by the individual, the family, the school and society at large, and the acceptability of the public use of a minority language in the presence of monolingual majority speakers. Furthermore, the real or perceived usefulness of a particular language and more intimate perceptions, such as regarding language as a core cultural value, are crucial factors in minority and heritage language speakers’ decisions in transmitting their languages to the next generation. As the intergenerational transmission of many minority languages begins to break down, however, minority language and diaspora communities are resorting to other modes of transmission, out of necessity, and this chapter sets the scene by discussing the case studies presented in this volume.