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'I Have to Save This Language, It's on the Edge Like an Endangered Animal': Perceptions of Language Threat and Linguistic Mainlandisation in Hong Kong
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Hansen Edwards, Jette G. – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2021
This study examines perceptions of language threat in Hong Kong against a background of increasing political tensions between Hong Kong and the People's Republic of China (PRC). These tensions gained international attention in 2014 during the 79-day protests known as the Umbrella Movement and more recently in 2019 due to the proposed introduction…
Descriptors: Language Maintenance, Sino Tibetan Languages, Language Attitudes, Mandarin Chinese
Just Use It! Linguistic Conversion and Identities of Resistance amongst Galician New Speakers
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O'Rourke, Bernadette – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2018
In recent years there has been a focus in language policy research on understanding how national policies are interpreted and negotiated by social actors on the ground. This paper looks at the interplay between government and grassroots initiatives to create Galician-speaking spaces in predominantly Spanish-speaking urban settings. While official…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Language Variation, Ethnography, Interviews