Positions and Stances in the Hierarchization of Breton Speakerhood

Autor/in	Hornsby, Michael
Titel	Positions and Stances in the Hierarchization of Breton Speakerhood
Quelle	In: Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 40 (2019) 5, S.392-403 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Hornsby, Michael)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0143-4632
DOI	10.1080/01434632.2018.1543695
Schlagwörter	Multilingualism; Language Attitudes; Language Variation; Networks; Indo European Languages; Foreign Countries; Native Speakers; Second Language Learning; Sociolinguistics; Power Structure; Discourse Analysis; Social Status; Language Maintenance; Language Skill Attrition; Language Minorities; Political Influences; Global Approach; France + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mehrsprachigkeit; Multilingualismus; Sprachverhalten; Sprachenvielfalt; Indoeuropäisch; Ausland; Muttersprachler; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Soziolinguistik; Diskursanalyse; Sozialer Status; Sprachpflege; Sprachverfall; Sprachminderheit; Political influence; Politischer Einfluss; Globales Denken; Frankreich
Abstract	Discourses which seek to position different speakers/users of Breton through the use of labels such as 'traditional', 'new', 'learner', 'néo-bretonnant', 'brittophone', etc. draw on persistent essentialist ideologies of language and create, in the process, contested elites and counter-elites in Breton-speaking networks. These discourses can be counter-productive towards projects which aim at producing multilingual citizens in Brittany at the present time. This article examines how stances of different speakers towards other speakers of Breton can involve jostling for positions of power within the Breton-speaking community and how attempts at creating elites and counter-elites seem to be a defining feature of contemporary revitalisation efforts in Brittany. This characterisation may, however, miss a 'third space' which some social actors may seek to engage with. These discourses are examined in this article through a critical sociolinguistic exploration of how (elite) multilingualism is constructed, maintained and contested by different actors in the Breton language community. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01