{"id":3779,"date":"2009-01-30T10:22:10","date_gmt":"2009-01-30T10:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paradisec.org.au\/blog\/2009\/01\/beliefs-and-ideology-on-endangered-languages\/"},"modified":"2011-02-05T07:49:18","modified_gmt":"2011-02-05T07:49:18","slug":"beliefs-and-ideology-on-endangered-languages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paradisec.org.au\/blog\/2009\/01\/beliefs-and-ideology-on-endangered-languages\/","title":{"rendered":"Beliefs and Ideology on Endangered Languages"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On 27th and 28th February we will be running a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hrelp.org\/events\/workshops\/ideology\/index.html\">workshop<\/a> at SOAS in London to discuss theoretical and practical issues concerning beliefs and ideologies on endangered languages, with a special focus on the implications they have for language support and revitalisation.<br \/>\n<a href=\"\/blog\/beliefs_workshop.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/blogs.usyd.edu.au\/elac\/beliefs_workshop.html','popup','width=189,height=226,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/beliefs_workshop-thumb.gif\" width=\"189\" height=\"226\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nLanguage ideologies have been described by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jyu.fi\/hum\/laitokset\/kielet\/fidipro\/en\/personnel\/prof\">Jan Blommaert<\/a> as &#8216;socioculturally motivated ideas, perceptions and expectations of language, manifested in all sorts of language use&#8217;. He goes on to suggest that &#8216;there is now a widespread recognition of language ideologies as a crucial topic of debate when it comes to assessing the motives and causes for certain types of language change&#8217;. The study of language ideologies and beliefs may therefore provide insights into the reasons for language shift and\/or revival, and may help to determine the success or otherwise of language revitalisation projects. At the workshop we will be looking at several issues:<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Are endangered languages fundamentally different from other languages when it comes to beliefs and ideology?\n<li>What, if any, are the consequences for language support and revitalisation of the beliefs held by speakers of endangered languages?\n<li>To what extent can beliefs and ideologies be influenced by campaigning and language planning?\n<li>What beliefs and ideologies do linguists have about endangered languages? Are these in conflict with those of communities?\n<li>Fishman speaks of the need for &#8220;establishing ideological clarity&#8221; before any revitalisation project can begin. How is this best achieved?<\/ul>\n<p>There will be four keynote speakers at the workshop:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jane Freeland, University of Southampton: &#8216;Considering popular language ideology in revitalizing the language of the Mayangna of Nicaragua&#8217;s Caribbean Coast&#8217;\n<li>Lenore Grenoble, University of Chicago: &#8216;Conflicting ideologies and beliefs in the field&#8217;\n<li>Tadhg \u00d3 hIfearn\u00e1in, University of Limerick: &#8216;Shared language management goals, differing beliefs and unexpected outcomes&#8217;\n<li>Bernard Spolsky, Bar-Ilan University: &#8216;Language beliefs and the management of endangered languages&#8217;<\/ul>\n<p>and a further 14 papers have been scheduled for presentation (see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hrelp.org\/events\/workshops\/ideology\/programme.html\">programme<\/a>). The talks will cover language situations in all continents around the world, and a wide range of social and political contexts.<br \/>\nIf you wish to attend the workshop the enrolment details are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hrelp.org\/events\/workshops\/ideology\/registration.html\">here<\/a> &#8212; note that the &#8220;early bird&#8221; registration closes on 6th February, so register now if you want to save a few pounds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 27th and 28th February we will be running a workshop at SOAS in London to discuss theoretical and practical issues concerning beliefs and ideologies on endangered languages, with a special focus on the implications they have for language support and revitalisation. Language ideologies have been described by Jan Blommaert as &#8216;socioculturally motivated ideas, perceptions &#8230; <a title=\"Beliefs and Ideology on Endangered Languages\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.paradisec.org.au\/blog\/2009\/01\/beliefs-and-ideology-on-endangered-languages\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Beliefs and Ideology on Endangered Languages\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-linguistics"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paradisec.org.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3779","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paradisec.org.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paradisec.org.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paradisec.org.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paradisec.org.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3779"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.paradisec.org.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3779\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4505,"href":"https:\/\/www.paradisec.org.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3779\/revisions\/4505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paradisec.org.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paradisec.org.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paradisec.org.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}