Marco Tamburelli

List of John Benjamins publications for which Marco Tamburelli plays a role.

Title

Contested Languages: The hidden multilingualism of Europe

Edited by Marco Tamburelli and Mauro Tosco

[Studies in World Language Problems, 8] 2021. vi, 271 pp.
Subjects Applied linguistics | Language policy | Multilingualism | Sociolinguistics and Dialectology

Articles

Leonardi, Mara Maya Victoria and Marco Tamburelli 2021 Chapter 5. The cost of ignoring degrees of Abstand in defining a regional language: Evidence from South TyrolContested Languages: The hidden multilingualism of Europe, Tamburelli, Marco and Mauro Tosco (eds.), pp. 87–104 | Chapter
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
Tamburelli, Marco 2021 Chapter 2. Contested languages and the denial of linguistic rights in the 21st centuryContested Languages: The hidden multilingualism of Europe, Tamburelli, Marco and Mauro Tosco (eds.), pp. 21–40 | Chapter
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
Tamburelli, Marco and Mauro Tosco 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 | Chapter
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