Language Revitalization and Socio-cultural Transformation

语言复兴和社会文化转型

• 批准号: AH/P007368/1
• 负责人: Huw Lewis
• 金额: $ 4.58万
• 依托单位: Aberystwyth University
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2017 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=AH%2FP007368%2F1
• 关键词: Language; Revitalization; Socio; cultural; Transformation

This is an application for funding to support the establishment of a research network in order to examine systematically, and for the first time, the implications of some of the major socio-cultural transformations witnessed across industrial democracies today for our understanding of how contemporary language revitalization efforts should be designed and implemented. The network will bring together an international and interdisciplinary group of academic researchers, spanning the arts, humanities and social sciences, along with a number of prominent language policy practitioners. There are two principal reasons why such a research network needs to be established.First, public policy efforts aiming to revitalize the prospects of regional or minority languages are increasingly common across Western Europe. Indeed, over the past few decades, such revitalization efforts have become more systematic and far-reaching in scope, encompassing a range of regulatory, distributive and constitutional instruments, and touching on key social domains, including the family home, the education system, the media, the economy and civil society.Second, and more important, these language revitalization efforts have been developed and implemented against a backdrop of radical social change: societies are now increasingly individualistic, diverse and mobile; their economies are increasingly interconnected; and their governance structures are increasingly complex. Many of the assumptions that have traditionally dominated both the academic and public policy literature on language revitalization relate to areas of life that are implicated in current patterns change. Yet, despite this, to date there has been no serious reflection on whether our fast-changing social context should prompt a rethink with regard to how the task of language revitalization should be approached.In response, the network will aim to provide answers to the following key questions:- To what extent do recent changes in the nature of community life and in patterns of interaction among individuals have implications for the emphasis traditionally placed by language revitalization frameworks on the role of the local, territorially defined, community in promoting stable patterns of language use?- To what extent do recent changes in the way that families organize their day-to-day lives and care for their children have implications for the emphasis traditionally placed by language revitalization frameworks on role of the family in promoting language acquisition? - To what extent do contemporary economic developments such as globalization and the advent of skills-based employment have implications for the emphasis traditionally placed by language revitalization frameworks on the need to ensure that the minority language possesses a measure of economic value?- To what extent does the current trend of 'state transformation' and the emergence of new models of governance have implications for the emphasis traditionally placed by language revitalization frameworks on the need for long-term state recognition and support for the minority language? The network will study these questions with reference to a variety of European examples of language revitalization, including Catalonia, the Basque Country, Ireland, Scotland and Wales, and with a view to identify lessons that will inform the work of public officials and civil society actors at the regional, state and international levels. The centerpiece of the network's activities during the life of the grant will be held in Aberystwyth, Edinburgh, Geneva and Cardiff between March 2017 and September 2018. The workshops will culminate with an international conference held in Brussels in January 2019. This event will disseminate the main conclusions that arise from the workshops among non-academic audiences. It will be organized in collaboration with the Network to Promote Linguistic Diversity.

这是一项资金申请，旨在支持建立一个研究网络，以便首次系统地研究当今工业民主国家所见证的一些重大社会文化变革的影响，以帮助我们理解当代语言振兴工作应如何设计和实施。该网络将汇集艺术、人文和社会科学领域的国际跨学科学术研究人员以及一些著名的语言政策从业者。需要建立这样一个研究网络有两个主要原因。首先，旨在重振区域或少数民族语言前景的公共政策努力在整个西欧越来越普遍。事实上，在过去的几十年里，这种语言振兴努力变得更加系统化和影响深远，涵盖了一系列监管、分配和宪法文书，并涉及家庭、教育系统、媒体、经济和公民社会等关键社会领域。 其次，更重要的是，这些语言振兴努力是在剧烈的社会变革的背景下制定和实施的：社会现在越来越个人主义、多样化。 和移动；它们的经济相互联系日益紧密；他们的治理结构也日益复杂。传统上主导有关语言复兴的学术和公共政策文献的许多假设都与当前模式变化所涉及的生活领域有关。然而，尽管如此，迄今为止，还没有认真反思我们快速变化的社会环境是否应该促使人们重新思考如何完成语言振兴的任务。作为回应，该网络将致力于回答以下关键问题：-社区生活性质和个人之间互动模式的近期变化在多大程度上对传统上语言振兴框架强调当地、领土界定的社区的作用产生了影响？ 促进稳定的语言使用模式？-最近家庭组织日常生活和照顾孩子的方式发生的变化在多大程度上对语言振兴框架传统上强调家庭在促进语言习得中的作用产生影响？ - 全球化和以技能为基础的就业的出现等当代经济发展在多大程度上影响了语言振兴框架传统上强调需要确保少数民族语言拥有一定程度的经济价值？ - 当前“国家转型”的趋势和新治理模式的出现在多大程度上影响了语言振兴框架传统上强调需要国家长期承认和支持少数民族 语言？该网络将参考欧洲语言振兴的各种例子来研究这些问题，包括加泰罗尼亚、巴斯克地区、爱尔兰、苏格兰和威尔士，以期找出可为地区、州和国际各级公职人员和民间社会行为者的工作提供指导的经验教训。赠款期间网络活动的核心活动将于 2017 年 3 月至 2018 年 9 月在阿伯里斯特威斯、爱丁堡、日内瓦和卡迪夫举行。研讨会将于 2019 年 1 月在布鲁塞尔举行的国际会议达到高潮。此次活动将向非学术受众传播研讨会得出的主要结论。它将与促进语言多样性网络合作组织。

项目成果

New Geographies of Language - Language, Culture and Politics in Wales

语言新地理学 - 威尔士的语言、文化和政治

• DOI: 10.1057/978-1-137-42611-6
• 发表时间: 2019
• 作者: Jones R

Language Revitalisation and Social Transformation

语言复兴与社会转型

• DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-80189-2_1
• 发表时间: 2021
• 作者: Lewis H