Is linguistic revival beneficiary to the plight of newly emerging peripheral or even ‘threatened’ cultures? Or is it a smokescreen that hides the vestiges of ethnocentric ideologies which ultimately create a hegemonic relationship? This book takes a critical look at revival exercises of special historical and geopolitical significance and argues that a critical and cautious approach to revival movements is necessary. The cases of Sinhala Kazakh Mongolian Catalan and even Hong Kong Cantonese show that it is not through linguistic revival but rather through political representation and economic development that the peoples in question achieve competitiveness and equality amongst their neighbors. On the other hand linguistic revival in these and other contexts can and has been used to support nationalist or ethnocentric agendas to the detriment of other groups recreating the same dynamics that generated the argument for revival in the first place. This book argues that respect for linguistic and other diversity multilingualism and multiculturalism is not compatible with linguistic revival that mirrors nation-building and essentializing identity construction. | Revivals Nationalism and Linguistic Discrimination Threatening Languages
Is linguistic revival beneficiary to the plight of newly emerging peripheral or even ‘threatened’ cultures? Or is it a smokescreen that hides the vestiges of ethnocentric ideologies which ultimately create a hegemonic relationship? This book takes a critical look at revival exercises of special historical and geopolitical significance and argues that a critical and cautious approach to revival movements is necessary. The cases of Sinhala Kazakh Mongolian Catalan and even Hong Kong Cantonese show that it is not through linguistic revival but rather through political representation and economic development that the peoples in question achieve competitiveness and equality amongst their neighbors. On the other hand linguistic revival in these and other contexts can and has been used to support nationalist or ethnocentric agendas to the detriment of other groups recreating the same dynamics that generated the argument for revival in the first place. This book argues that respect for linguistic and other diversity multilingualism and multiculturalism is not compatible with linguistic revival that mirrors nation-building and essentializing identity construction. | Revivals Nationalism and Linguistic Discrimination Threatening Languages
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