Language Maintenance and Shift

Abstract

aroused curiosity and comment. However, it is only in quite recent years that this topic has been recognized as a field of systematic inquiry among professional students of language behavior.

Bahasa Adang di Pulau Alor: Kajian Vitalitas Etnolinguistik

“…Menurut Pauwels (2016), ranah-ranah yang biasa dibicarakan dalam kajian penggunaan bahasa antara lain ranah rumah, persahabatan, ibadah, perkumpulan, dan lembaga, pekerjaan, pendidikan, dan ranah transaksional. Dalam tulisan ini, penggunaan bahasa Adang di Adang Buom dilihat dalam ranah rumah, ibadah, transaksional, pendidikan, dan lembaga.…”

“…Oleh karena itu, keluarga dengan interlokutornya yang terkait adalah yang paling penting dalam hal pemertahanan bahasa. Jika keluarga tidak lagi mewariskan bahasa ke generasi berikutnya, peluang bahasa itu untuk bertahan hidup berkurang secara drastis (Pauwels, 2016). Dalam banyak studi tentang perilaku multilingualisme, ranah keluarga terbukti sangat penting.…”

3. Transforming Language to Script: Constructing Linguistic Authority through Language Contact in Schools in Nepal

“…The Politics of Language Contact in the Himalaya differentiation (Gal 2016) and language shift -the replacement of one language by another (Pauwels 2016). Both horizontal and vertical dimensions of language contact influence one another, and both are inherently political.…”

Lithuanian language discourses and family language policies of Lithuanian families in Sweden: A case study

“…As Lithuanian is in a minor position in Sweden, the danger of its loss is greater than in Lithuania. This is related to the general problem of limited domains where a heritage language can be used, which has been discussed by Pauwels (2016). Since the opportunities to use Lithuanian in Sweden are limited, according to the mother it should be used whenever possible in order to foster its maintenance.…”

“…This article presents the first part of the data collected in the project. As in Jakaitė-Bulbukienė (2015), the focus lies on family language policies as the family is the key domain for the maintenance of minority languages (Pauwels, 2016). This small-scale case study relies on a discourse analysis approach applied in the framework of linguistic ethnography.…”