Minority language studies 15-SNJM-CE-11

This course aims to situate the study of Celtic languages in a broader framework of minority language studies. The course begins with a résumé of the history of the Celtic languages, and then goes on to discuss the concept of language “death”, looking at the “death” of Breton and Gaelic as case studies. The course then focuses on language revitalization (Breton) and revival (Cornish and Manx) and the difference between the two processes. The next topic focuses on language maintenance and looks at the question of Welsh language maintenance and expansion. The next issue to be examined is language activism in the Celtic countries, followed by the presence of Celtic languages on the American continent. The course concludes with general considerations of minority language sociolinguistics and examines other situations of language minoritization (e.g. the Basques and the Ainu).

Module learning aims

(in Polish) C1 Przekazanie wiedzy z zakresu studiów mniejszościowych C2 Umożliwienie zrozumienia sytuacji języków mniejszościowych w porównaniu do języków dominujących C3 Rozwinięcie umiejętności zastosowania metod badania kultury, socjolingwistyki oraz teorii językoznawczych w odniesieniu do analizowanych języków C4 Rozwinięcie umiejętności porównywania i streszczania teorii, wyciągania wniosków oraz prezentacji pomysłów C5 Wyrobienie umiejętności pisania krytycznych rozdziałów języko- i kulturoznawczych z wykorzystaniem odpowiedniego formatu i stylu C6 Rozwinięcie umiejętności komunikacji i pracy w grupie, prezentacji na forum grupy oraz prowadzenia dyskusji

Information on where to find course materials

(in Polish) Moodle

Major

English philology

Methods of teaching for learning outcomes achievement

(in Polish) Ćwiczenia, konwersacje, pisemne materiały

Student workload (ECTS credits)

(in Polish) Godziny zajęć (wg planu studiów) z nauczycielem 30 Przygotowanie do ćwiczeń 10 Porównywanie opracowań 20

Cycle of studies

1st cycle

Module type

compulsory

Year of studies (where relevant)

Year 3

Pre-requisites in terms of knowledge, skills and social competences

(in Polish) Podstawowa znajomość j. walijskiego i irlandzkiego

Bibliography

Brooks, Simon. 2013. The regionalisation of Y Fro Gymraeg. Planet extra. http://www.planetmagazine.org.uk/html/newsite/onlinedetails/census_2011.html

Edwards, John. 2010. Gaelic in Scotland. In Edwards, John. Minority languages and group identity. Amsterdam: John Benjamins, 129-148.

Edwards, John. 2010. Gaelic in Nova Scotia. In Edwards, John. Minority languages and group identity. Amsterdam: John Benjamins, 149-172.

Edwards, John. 2010. Languages in conflict and contact II. In Edwards, John. Minority languages and group identity. Amsterdam: John Benjamins, 37-56.

Harrison, K. David. 2007. When languages die. OUP. Chapter 1, 3-22.

Hornsby, Michael. 2010. From the Periphery to the Centre: recent debates on the place of Breton (and other regional languages) in the French Republic. In Millar, Robert McColl (ed.) Marginal Dialects: Scotland, Ireland and Beyond. Aberdeen: Forum for Research on the Languages of Scotland and Ireland, 171-97. ISBN: 978-0-9566549-0-8. http://www.abdn.ac.uk/pfrlsu/uploads/files/Hornsby,%20From%20the%20Periphery%20to%20the%20Centre.pdf

Hornsby, Michael & J. Shaun Nolan. 2011. The regional languages of Brittany. In Fishman, Joshua A. and Ofelia García (eds.) Handbook of Language and Ethnic Identity. The Success-Failure Continuum in Language and Ethnic Identity Efforts. Volume 2. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 310-322.

Johnson, Ian. 2009. ‘How Green is their Valley? Subjective Vitality of Welsh in the Chubut Province, Argentina’. International Journal of the Sociology of Language 195, 141-171

Ó Riagáin, Pádraig. 2008. Irish-language policy 1922-2007: Balancing Maintenance and revival. In Nic Pháidin & Ó Cearnaigh (eds.) A new view of the Irish language. Dublin: Cois Life, 55-65.

Additional information

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