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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
Language Revitalisation from the Ground Up: Promoting Yucatec Maya on Facebook
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Cru, Josep – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2015
This paper looks at current grassroots efforts to revitalise Yucatec Maya, an indigenous language of Mexico, in social media and more specifically on Facebook. In contrast to the limitations of institutional language promotion, the inclusion of Maya on Facebook shows the possibilities that social networks offer not only for actual use of…
Descriptors: Language Maintenance, American Indian Languages, Language Planning, Foreign Countries