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Language revitalisation without native speakers: The cases of Breton in Upper Brittany and Sorbian in Lower Lusatia

2018/31/B/HS2/00844

Keywords:

Language revitalisation sociolinguistics Breton Sorbian minority languages

Descriptors:

  • HS2_6: General linguistics, theory and methodology of linguistic research
  • HS2_14: Cultural studies (incl. contemporary cultural studies and cultural-anthropological studies)

Panel:

HS2 - Culture and cultural production: literary theory and comparative literature, history of literature, linguistics, library science, cultural studies, arts, architecture

Host institution :

Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu, Wydział Anglistyki

woj. wielkopolskie

Other projects carried out by the institution 

Principal investigator (from the host institution):

prof. Michael Hornsby 

Number of co-investigators in the project: 4

Call: OPUS 16 - announced on 2018-09-14

Amount awarded: 1 002 304 PLN

Project start date (Y-m-d): 2019-07-05

Project end date (Y-m-d): 2023-07-04

Project duration:: 48 months (the same as in the proposal)

Project status: Project settled

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Equipment purchased [PL]

  1. Drukarka z parametrami co najmniej odpowiadającymi Samsungowi CLP (400 PLN)
  2. NVivo (4 300 PLN)
  3. ADOBE AUDITION CC (2 szt.) (200 PLN)
  4. ADOBE PREMIER ELEMENTS (2 szt.) (764 PLN)
  5. Kamera SONY HDR-CX405 lub podobna (2 szt.) (2 360 PLN)
  6. Komputer o parametrach Asus Zenobook serii UX32LA lub podobny (2 szt.) (8 000 PLN)
  7. Dyktafon Zoom H2N lub podobny (2 szt.) (1 100 PLN)

Information in the final report

  • Publication in academic press/journals (4)
  • Book publications / chapters in book publications (2)
  1. The ideological foundations of Breton and Lower Sorbian language revitalization through education and their consequences for new speakers
    Authors:
    Michael Hornsby, Nicole Dołowy-Rybińska, Joanna Chojnicka & Jeanne Toutous
    Academic press:
    International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism (rok: 2021, tom: brak, strony: 45305), Wydawca: Routledge, Taylor & Francis
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1080/13670050.2021.1999900 - link to the publication
  2. From learners to activists? Learners' trajectories and spaces of sociability in Sorbian Lower Lusatia
    Authors:
    Joanna Chojnicka; Jeanne Toutous
    Academic press:
    International Journal of the Sociology of Language , Wydawca: de Gruyter
    Status:
    Submitted
  3. Lower Sorbian (new) speakers: Questions worth asking.
    Authors:
    Joanna Chojnicka
    Academic press:
    Cognitive Studies | Études cognitives (rok: 2021, tom: 21, strony: 45313), Wydawca: Institute of Slavic Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.11649/cs.2542 - link to the publication
  4. Negotiating concepts of authenticity and legitimacy in language revitalisation settings: Challenges facing speakers of Lower Sorbian in Lusatia
    Authors:
    Michael Hornsby; Nicole Dołowy-Rybińska
    Academic press:
    Journal of Sociolinguistics , Wydawca: Wiley
    Status:
    Submitted
  1. Creating 'New Speaker' Communities in Upper Brittany and Lower Lusatia
    Authors:
    Michael Hornsby
    Book:
    Endangered Languages and Diaspora. XXV Annual Conference – Proceedings. Foundation for Endangered Languages. Tirana, 16-19 December 2021 (rok: 2021, tom: brak, strony: 169-174), Wydawca: Tirana: Foundation for Endangered Languages & Center for Research and Publications on Arbëresh.
    Status:
    Published
  2. Le bretonnant légitime, le breton authentique : qui a le droit de décider ?
    Authors:
    Michael Hornsby
    Book:
    La Fabrique de l'authentique , Wydawca: Presses Universitaires de Rennes
    Status:
    Submitted