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Linguistic identity in and out of Africa

Legère, Karsten
2021
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978-88-5511-267-3
http://hdl.handle.net/10077/33194
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The paper discusses at least two approaches to determine linguistic identity. In so doing, particular attention is paid to the preparation and implementation of UNESCO’s IYIL (International Year of Indigenous Languages) 2019 initiative. As known, given UNESCO’s international prestige, institutions and speech communities felt stimulated by this IYIL2019 initiative. As a consequence, their focus was on dealing with those national languages of their countries which in a linguistic hierarchy are not in a top position (like e.g. English, French, Spanish and more), but are rated somehow less important by their speakers or officials. It turned out in the data analysis process for this paper that UNESCO’s conceptualization deficits have hampered a productive grassroots response such as evidenced in Namibia. With regard to the development and dissemination of a unified identity concept worldwide a prominent African colleague points out that in Europe, North America, China, in many African countries south of the Equator, etc. own umbrella terms are well established. This implies that UNESCO’s identity related activities have not so far much contributed to feasible changes.
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  • Identity

  • grass roots self-iden...

  • top-down identificati...

  • African and Scandinav...

  • variety of results

  • terminological divers...

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EUT Edizioni Università di Trieste
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Karsten Legère, "Linguistic identity in and out of Africa", in: Ilaria Micheli, Flavia Aiello, Maddalena Toscano, Amelia Pensabene (Edited by), "Language and Identity Theories and experiences in lexicography and linguistic policies in a global world", Trieste, EUT Edizioni Università di Trieste, 2021, pp. 18-34
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