New technologies and terminological pressure in lesser-used languages
The Breton Wikipedia, from terminology consumer to potential terminology provider
Robert Neal Baxter | University of Vigo
Taking the impact of the Wikipedia on the Breton language as a case in point, whilst highlighting the huge potential benefits that new technologies have to offer to economically less viable languages as a whole, this article discusses the way internet-based systems can have an impact on the terminological pressure exerted on such languages in many specialised areas. The article goes on to analyse possible conflict resolution mechanisms for competing terminological strategies and the relative merits and shortcomings of each. While centred on the specific case of a European “minority” or “lesser used” language, the article shows the extent to which the discussion and findings can also be relevant to the way other equally economically challenged languages around the globe can evolve and develop unfettered, thanks to the use of free-access virtual resources such as Wikipedia.
Keywords: conflict resolution, economically challenged languages, new technologies, terminological pressure
Published online: 27 April 2009
https://doi.org/10.1075/lplp.33.1.04bax
https://doi.org/10.1075/lplp.33.1.04bax
Cited by
Cited by 5 other publications
Bendi, Merouan
2021.
In When Translation Goes Digital,
► pp. 201 ff. 
Kennard, Holly J.
2018.
In New Speakers of Minority Languages,
► pp. 231 ff.
KENNARD, HOLLY J. & ADITI LAHIRI
2017. Mutation in Breton verbs: Pertinacity across generations.
Journal of Linguistics 53:1 ► pp. 113 ff.
Mamadouh, Virginie
2019.
In Handbook of the Changing World Language Map,
► pp. 1 ff.
Mamadouh, Virginie
2020.
In Handbook of the Changing World Language Map,
► pp. 3773 ff.
This list is based on CrossRef data as of 05 april 2022. Please note that it may not be complete. Sources presented here have been supplied by the respective publishers. Any errors therein should be reported to them.