Media, multilingualism and language policing: an introduction

Blommaert, Jan; Kelly‐Holmes, Helen; Lane, Pia; Leppänen, Sirpa; Moriarty, Máiréad; Pietikäinen, Sari; Piirainen–Marsh, Arja

doi:10.1007/s10993-009-9138-7

Cited by 98 publications

(48 citation statements)

References 6 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Unclassified

Order By: Relevance

“…And what will be the role played by key actors and agents, media practices and texts in these processes? (Blommaert et al, 2009) Multilingualism also makes the question of mediation more visible. When one cannot assume anymore that the text, movie, song, news article, advertisment produced will be destined to a monolingual audience new issues related to understanding, translation, mediation, come into play.…”

Section: Future Directionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Researching Media, Multilingualism, and Education

Saint-Georges

2016

Research Methods in Language and Education

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Section: Future Directionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Researching Media, Multilingualism, and Education

Saint-Georges

2016

Research Methods in Language and Education

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

“…Sociolinguistics has always been concerned with the relationship and interplay between macro-and micro-level processes, and Ricento points out that for LPP there is a need for approaches which integrate macro-and micro-level investigations. This is a challenge for LPP because the field has been characterised by a focus on the analysis of large-scale policies and processes, though recently there have been more investigations of language policy in more informal settings (Blommaert et al 2009;Hult 2010). However, there is still an urgent need for research that does precisely what Ricento calls for: investigate the role of individuals and their agency.…”

Section: Language Standardisation and Literacymentioning

confidence: 99%

Minority language standardisation and the role of users

Lane

2014

Lang Policy

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Developing a standard for a minority language is not a neutral process; this has consequences for the status of the language and how the language users relate to the new standard. A potential inherent problem with standardisation is whether the language users themselves will accept and identify with the standard. When standardising minority languages one risks establishing a standard that the users do not identify with, and thus, standardisation which was supposed to empower minority language speakers may create a new form of stigma for those who feel that they cannot live up to the new codified standard (Lane 2011). In order to investigate the role of users in minority language standardisation processes this article analyses language standardisation as a form of technology and draws on theories from Science and Technology Studies (STS), focussing on actors who resist or even reject (aspects of) standardisation. STS has investigated standardisation of technologies (Bowker and Star 2000) and the reflexive relationship between standards and users (Oudshoorn and Pinch 2003). Insights from these investigations are applied to the case of standardisation of Kven, a minority language spoken in Northern Norway, with a particular emphasis on how users of the standard are inscribed and configured (Woolgar 1991), the exclusionary effects of standards (Star 1991;Gal 2006;Lane 2011) and the positions of non-users (Wyatt 2003).

show abstract

“…This purist ideology is also a clear attempt at policing the boundaries of translation and of language (cf. Blommaert et al, 2009). Other translators did disagree with this point of view, however, arguing instead that they did translation because they loved Irish and not because they hated English.…”

Section: "Facebook Available To Everyone Everywhere In All Languages"mentioning

confidence: 99%

“Join Our Community of Translators”: Language Ideologies and/in Facebook

Lenihan¹

2011

Digital DiscourseLanguage in the New Media

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Media, multilingualism and language policing: an introduction

Cited by 98 publications

References 6 publications

Researching Media, Multilingualism, and Education

Researching Media, Multilingualism, and Education

Minority language standardisation and the role of users

“Join Our Community of Translators”: Language Ideologies and/in Facebook

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About