Queering Language Revitalisation: Navigating Identity and Inclusion among Queer Speakers of Minority Languages...

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John Walsh (University of Galway) Michael Hornsby (Adam Mickiewicz University)

Queering Language Revitalisation

Navigating Identity and Inclusion among Queer Speakers of Minority Languages

John Walsh (University of Galway), Michael Hornsby (Adam Mickiewicz University), Eva J. Daussà (University of Amsterdam) , Renée Pera-Ros (Goethe University Frankfurt)

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Cambridge University Press
30 January 2025

Sociolinguistics; Gender studies, gender groups; Gay & Lesbian studies

Series: Elements in Language, Gender and Sexuality

This Element aims to deepen our understanding of how the fields of multilingualism, second language acquisition and minority language revitalisation have largely overlooked the question of queer sexual identities among speakers of the languages under study. Based on case studies of four languages experiencing differing degrees of minoritisation – Irish, Breton, Catalan and Welsh – it investigates how queer people navigate belonging within the binary of speakers/non-speakers of minoritised languages while also maintaining their queer identities. Furthermore, it analyses how minoritised languages are dealing linguistically with the growing need for 'gender-fair' or 'gender-neutral' language. The marginalisation of queer subjects in these strands of linguistics can be traced to the historical dominance of the Fishmanian model of 'Reversing Language Shift' (RLS), which assumed the importance of the deeply heteronormative model of 'intergenerational transmission' of language as fundamental to language revitalisation contexts.

By: John Walsh (University of Galway), Michael Hornsby (Adam Mickiewicz University), Eva J. Daussà (University of Amsterdam), Renée Pera-Ros (Goethe University Frankfurt), Samuel Parker (University of the West of England, Bristol)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Weight: 262g
ISBN: 9781009591027
ISBN 10: 1009591029
Series: Elements in Language, Gender and Sexuality
Pages: 86
Publication Date: 30 January 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction: Queering minority language revitalisation Michael Hornsby and John Walsh; 1. Intersecting identities in minority language contexts: LGBTQ+ Speakers of Welsh Jonathan Morris and Samuel Parker; 2. Queering language revitalisation: How a queer arts collective navigates identity, migration, and the Irish language John Walsh; 3. Making Breton gender – and LGBTQIA+ – Fair: Typographical and lexical expansion to reflect diversity within the Breton-speaking community Michael Hornsby; 4. The battle for authority, legitimacy, and agency in the twitter fields of the Catalan gender-neutral linguistic revolution Eva J. Daussà and Renée Pera-Ros; 5. Discussion: Queering language revitalisation Holly Cashman; References.