A Typology of Arguments for and against Bilingual Place-Naming in Aotearoa New Zealand

Autor/inn/en	Albury, Nathan John; Carter, Lyn
Titel	A Typology of Arguments for and against Bilingual Place-Naming in Aotearoa New Zealand
Quelle	In: Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 38 (2017) 9, S.831-842 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Albury, Nathan John)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0143-4632
DOI	10.1080/01434632.2016.1275654
Schlagwörter	Bilingualism; Language Planning; Biculturalism; English; Malayo Polynesian Languages; Foreign Countries; Public Policy; Pacific Islanders; Ethnic Groups; Foreign Policy; Surveys; Civil Rights; Youth; Epistemology; Classification; Cultural Maintenance; Online Surveys; Statistical Analysis; New Zealand + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bilingualismus; Sprachwechsel; Bikulturalität; English language; Englisch; Ausland; Öffentliche Ordnung; Pacific Rim; Inhabitant; People; Pazifischer Raum; Bewohner; Ethnie; Außenpolitik; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Bürgerrechte; Grundrechte; Zivilrecht; Jugend; Jugendlicher; Jugendalter; Erkenntnistheorie; Classification system; Klassifikation; Klassifikationssystem; Statistische Analyse; Neuseeland
Abstract	Naming places is theorised as an activity in heritage whereby a name will index a people's narrative and history. In postcolonial societies where the colonised and the colonisers share spaces, individual locations can host different sides of history and different cultural significance. To this end, the New Zealand government has pursued bilingual place-naming policy to reflect the heritage of both Maori as the Indigenous people, and Pakeha as the European colonisers. Drawing on quantitative and qualitative data from an attitudinal survey of New Zealand youth about bilingual place-naming as public policy, this paper places under critical review the theoretical and policy assumption that representing heritage is a core public interest vis-à-vis place names. The paper finds that only a minority of the surveyed youth were concerned about indexing heritage, with the majority instead arguing for and against bilingual place-naming on the basis of Aotearoa New Zealand's contemporary bicultural identity, perceived linguistic challenges and opportunities associated with bilingualism, and a concern for enforcing Indigenous rights legislation. The paper typologises how these youth argued for and against bilingual place-naming with attention to a diversity of evaluative and epistemological starting points when thinking about place names. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01