Does Ideological Clarification Help Language Maintenance? Exploring the Revitalization Paradox through the Case of Manegacha, a Tibetan Minority Language
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3777834 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gerald Roche (0000-0002-2410-351X, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 61 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 114-134 |
| Publication date | 2019-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Anthropological linguistics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-5483 • E-ISSN: 1944-6527 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/anl.2019.0013 |
| OpenAlex | W3014471054 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
Studies of language maintenance and revitalization have often demonstrated an apparent paradox: even when people have positive attitudes towards a language, they may not engage in behaviors that support it. It has been suggested that contradictory ideas hinder language maintenance and revitalization, so that ideological clarification is required before beginning such programs. I question these claims through a case study of Manegacha, a minoritized language of Tibet. It seems that there is, in fact, no necessary link between contradictory attitudes and ideologies and language shift; what seems to be significant is the nature and intensity of contradiction, not its mere presence or absence
Contradiction · Epistemology · Ideology · Linguistics · Political science · Politics · Sociology · China's Ethnic Minorities and Relations · Law · Multilingual Education and Policy · Philippine History and Culture · Philosophy · Psychology
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2020 - 2026 (7) |
| Highly cited | No |