Living Fossils
The Politics of Language Preservation in Huangshan, China
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2286343 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Britta Ingebretson (0000-0001-6475-9460, Fordham University) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 116-138 |
| Publication date | 2022-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Linguistic Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1055-1360 • E-ISSN: 1548-1395 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/jola.12332 |
| OpenAlex | W3202670964 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 57 |
This article examines the politics of language maintenance in Huangshan, China, home of the Huizhou topolects. I show how, under the guise of celebrating local heritage, local language documentation efforts encourage language demise throughpreemptive eulogization,the act of portraying a language or culture as being more moribund than it is. This has the effect of hastening language loss by portraying it as inevitable and already well underway. I argue that intentional or unintentional acts of preemptive eulogization may be quite prevalent in minority language efforts worldwide and may help explain the lack of success of language protection projects
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,25 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2022 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |