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

Information in the final report

  • Publication in academic press/journals (4)
  • Book publications / chapters in book publications (2)
  1. 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
  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. 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
  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