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Who Is Responsible for Saving the Language? Performing Generation in the Face of Language Shift
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In: Faculty Journal Articles (2015)
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Abstract:
In the literature on language shift and revitalization, generations are defined a priori as existing social categories that are mapped onto sociolinguistic features. In contrast, we take a performance-based perspective and develop a view of generations as discursively constructed frameworks that are aligned with sociolinguistic and moral features that attend language retention and associated factors. Using this perspective and empirical data from a high school speech contest held in a language-shifting Lakota community where revitalization efforts are underway, we show how contestants and participants perceive and experience language loss and renewal.
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Keyword:
Anthropological Linguistics and Sociolinguistics; Generations; Lakota; Language Shift; Performance
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URL: https://digitalcommons.bucknell.edu/fac_journ/1160
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