Toward a New Conceptualisation of Language Revitalisation

Autor/inn/en	Grenoble, Lenore A.; Whaley, Lindsay J.
Titel	Toward a New Conceptualisation of Language Revitalisation
Quelle	In: Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 42 (2021) 10, S.911-926 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Grenoble, Lenore A.) ORCID (Whaley, Lindsay J.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0143-4632
DOI	10.1080/01434632.2020.1827645
Schlagwörter	Language Maintenance; Language Usage; Language Role; Language Skill Attrition; Native Language; Language Proficiency; Networks; Well Being; Correlation; Measurement Techniques; Multilingualism; Monolingualism; Indo European Languages; Eskimo Aleut Languages; Foreign Countries; Case Studies; Cross Cultural Studies; English (Second Language); Second Languages; Sociocultural Patterns; Alaska; Greenland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sprachpflege; Sprachgebrauch; Sprachverfall; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Korrelation; Messtechnik; Mehrsprachigkeit; Multilingualismus; Indoeuropäisch; Ausland; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Cultural comparison; Kulturvergleich; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Second language; Zweitsprache; Soziokulturelle Theorie; Grönland
Abstract	This paper outlines a new model of language revitalisation that understands language to be a characteristic of a nexus of social activities rather than an independent object. Language use is one of an overall set of factors contributing to the wellbeing of a particular community. Our model treats language as one node (or a cluster of nodes) in a complex system of interacting behaviours. Changes to another node or in the language node(s) itself can impact overall social wellbeing, something often ignored by linguists (but not by other social scientists working in Indigenous communities). Disruption to an existing network occurs within a time frame; the longer the disruption, the more likely that the network redefines the group. Variables that define the language ecology operate on multiple levels. For the group and for individuals within the group, there can be considerable variation in usage and proficiency over time. Sustainability cannot be reduced to simple cause-and-effect relationships between sociocultural variables. The next phase of language revitalisation projects should be built around the concept of language activity as part of promoting community wellbeing. The use of complex networks that have been applied to human wellbeing in other contexts support our argument. (As Provided).
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