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Michael Hornsby
Revitalizing Minority Languages [PDF ebook]
New Speakers of Breton, Yiddish and Lemko

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New speakers are an increasingly important aspect of the revitalization of minority languages since, in some cases, they can make up the majority of the language community in question. This volume examines this phenomenon from the viewpoint of three minority languages: Breton, Yiddish and Lemko.

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Michael Hornsby is currently a visiting professor in the Department of Celtic languages and literatures, Faculty of English, at Adam Mickiewicz University, Pozna?, Poland. He has previously worked at the Universities of Aberdeen and the Catholic University of Lublin.

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Language English ● Format PDF ● Pages 168 ● ISBN 9781137498809 ● File size 0.9 MB ● Publisher Palgrave Macmillan UK ● City London ● Country GB ● Published 2015 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 4689378 ● Copy protection Social DRM

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