Contested Languages: The hidden multilingualism of Europe
Edited by Marco Tamburelli and Mauro Tosco
[Studies in World Language Problems, 8] 2021. vi, 271 pp.
Marco Tamburelli
List of John Benjamins publications for which Marco Tamburelli plays a role.
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Subjects Applied linguistics | Language policy | Multilingualism | Sociolinguistics and Dialectology
Articles
2021. Chapter 5. The cost of ignoring degrees of Abstand in defining a regional language: Evidence from South Tyrol. Contested Languages: The hidden multilingualism of Europe, Tamburelli, Marco and Mauro Tosco (eds.), pp. 87–104
It is generally accepted that the concepts ‘language’ and ‘dialect’ are not entirely linguistic notions, but also involve social, cultural and political factors. Nonetheless, it is still nowadays difficult to agree upon a set of satisfying criteria by which ‘languages’ can be differentiated from… read more | Chapter
2021. Chapter 2. Contested languages and the denial of linguistic rights in the 21st century. Contested Languages: The hidden multilingualism of Europe, Tamburelli, Marco and Mauro Tosco (eds.), pp. 21–40
In this chapter I argue that over-reliance on socio-political criteria (i.e. Ausbau-centrism) in the linguistic literature is partly responsible for the discrimination to which speakers of contested languages are subjected at both the social and the institutional level. Further, I argue that an… read more | Chapter
2021. Chapter 1. What are contested languages and why should linguists care?. Contested Languages: The hidden multilingualism of Europe, Tamburelli, Marco and Mauro Tosco (eds.), pp. 3–18
The literature on regional and minority languages has seen strong developments in recent years, and new frontiers have been opened on issues of minority language planning and development as well as on issues of speakers’ rights. Nevertheless, there are many varieties that are left in a sort of… read more | Chapter
2013. . Epistemological issue with keynote article “The illusion of language acquisition” by William O’Grady, pp. 289–295
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