Intervention, participation, perception: case studies of language activism in Catalonia, Norway & Scotland
dc.contributor.advisor
Joseph, John E.
dc.contributor.advisor
Puzey, Guy
dc.contributor.author
Puchowski, James Konrad
dc.contributor.sponsor
Carnegie Trust
en
dc.contributor.sponsor
Norwegian
Government
en
dc.date.accessioned
2023-08-14T16:28:33Z
dc.date.available
2023-08-14T16:28:33Z
dc.date.issued
2023-08-14
dc.description.abstract
This thesis brings together and contextualises three papers, each examining a case-study of language activism. The corresponding research project presents linguistic ethnographic and discourse analytical research in the socio-political contexts of contemporary Catalonia, Norway, and Scotland, examining metadiscourses of Catalan, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Scots language activists, and touching also on how these metadiscourses are embedded dynamically in wider social talk.
Emerging out of this research project is a broader theoretical discussion around existing definitions and approaches to document language activism in language studies; insights are drawn from (1) an observation of “non-native” Catalan language activists, (2) an analysis of the extension of Norwegian Nynorsk activist metalanguage to encompass Sámi and Kven language issues, and (3) an evaluation of the role of linguists and other academics in the institutional legitimation of the Scots language.
Drawing on theories and frameworks in linguistic anthropology and sociocultural linguistics, the conclusions of this thesis offer a springboard for further discussion regarding how language activism may be both deconstructed as a linguistic idea, and viewed as instances of metapragmatic intervention, without essentialising who can, or who cannot, be a language activist within a given sociolinguistic context.
en
dc.identifier.uri
https://hdl.handle.net/1842/40864
dc.identifier.uri
http://dx.doi.org/10.7488/era/3617
dc.language.iso
en
en
dc.publisher
The University of Edinburgh
en
dc.relation.hasversion
Puchowski, J. (2022). ‘No em canviïs la llengua: Non-Native Catalan Speakers and the Construction of an Informal Language Activist Platform’. Journal of Postcolonial Linguistics, 6. 160-185.
en
dc.relation.hasversion
Puchowski, J. ‘Mål means språk: Young Norwegian Nynorsk Activism and Indigenous Language Advocacy’. Journal of Linguistic Anthropology, January 2022— blind peer reviewed, revised version to be submitted September 2022
en
dc.relation.hasversion
Puchowski, J. ‘Linguists, academia, and the legitimation of the Scots language’. Sent to Ampersand, June 2022 (under review)
en
dc.subject
Catalonia
en
dc.subject
Catalan
en
dc.subject
Norwegian
en
dc.subject
Nynorsk
en
dc.subject
Scotland
en
dc.subject
Scots
en
dc.subject
Scots
en
dc.subject
sociolinguistics
en
dc.subject
linguistic anthropology
en
dc.subject
metalanguage
en
dc.subject
metapragmatics
en
dc.subject
linguistic ethnography
en
dc.subject
metadiscourse
en
dc.title
Intervention, participation, perception: case studies of language activism in Catalonia, Norway & Scotland
en
dc.type
Thesis or Dissertation
en
dc.type.qualificationlevel
Doctoral
en
dc.type.qualificationname
PhD Doctor of Philosophy
en
Files
Original bundle
1 - 1 of 1
- Name:
- PuchowskiJK_2023.pdf
- Size:
- 2.87 MB
- Format:
- Adobe Portable Document Format
- Description:
This item appears in the following Collection(s)