Micro-Level Language-Planning and Grass-Root Initiatives: A Case Study of Irish Language Comedy and Inari Sami Rap

Autor/inn/en	Moriarty, Mairead; Pietikainen, Sari
Titel	Micro-Level Language-Planning and Grass-Root Initiatives: A Case Study of Irish Language Comedy and Inari Sami Rap
Quelle	In: Current Issues in Language Planning, 12 (2011) 3, S.363-379 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1466-4208
DOI	10.1080/14664208.2011.604962
Schlagwörter	Language Maintenance; Language Planning; Musicians; Academic Achievement; Comparative Analysis; Irish; Uncommonly Taught Languages; Case Studies; Language Minorities; Sociolinguistics; Comedy + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sprachpflege; Sprachwechsel; Musiker; Schulleistung; Irisch; Minderheitensprache; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Sprachminderheit; Soziolinguistik; Komödie
Abstract	The aim of this paper is to examine the increased potential for language change from the micro-level, given the new domains in which minority languages are present in the global era. Drawing on the theoretical notion of sociolinguistic scales this paper presents a comparative account of the changing positions of the Irish and Inari Sami languages. Specifically, this paper is centred on a comparative study of two media personalities, namely an Irish language stand-up comedian, Des Bishop, and an Inari Sami rap artist, Amoc, whose success as language-planning actors stems from their use of the mediated space to influence micro-level language planning. By identifying both Bishop and Amoc as micro-level language-planning actors, this paper will examine the potential knock on effects of such initiatives for macro-level language-planning agencies, such as the educational domain, thereby pointing to the potential for increased minority language recovery when such languages achieve new values and functions. (Contains 5 notes and 2 figures.) (As Provided).
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