Sustaining Minoritized Language in Europe (SMiLE)
Published: 16 September 2024
Research Associate Dr Alejandro Dayán-Fernández’s co-authored edited volume, Agency in the Peripheries of Language Revitalization: Examining European Practices on the Ground was published in May 2024 this year.
The book is availble Open Access here.
The SMiLE research project produced seven in-depth case studies, focusing on how language revitalization programmes and efforts can be sustained over time. In doing so, they highlight how community-driven efforts can grow and gain agency to ensure the future of their languages. Bernie O’Rourke and Alejandro Dayán-Fernández focussed on the dynamics of language revitalisation amongst new urban Galician speakers which they discuss in the following book chapter:
O’Rourke, B., & Dayán-Fernández, A. (2024). Sowing the seeds at Semente: Urban breathing spaces and new speaker agency. In Agency in the peripheries of language revitalisation: Examining European practices on the ground. Multilingual Matters, pp43-61 Open Access available here.
First published: 16 September 2024
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