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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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English
Cambridge University Press
30 January 2025
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.
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Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 229mm,  Width: 152mm,  Spine: 6mm
Weight:   262g
ISBN:   9781009591027
ISBN 10:   1009591029
Series:   Elements in Language, Gender and Sexuality
Pages:   86
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active

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