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Minority Languages and Social Media

Cunliffe, Daniel·2019·The Palgrave Handbook of Minority Languages and Communities
DOI 10.1057/978-1-137-54066-9_18
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Cunliffe provides a detailed overview of the current understanding of the relationship between social media and minority language maintenance and revitalisation. The chapter begins by discussing digital language vitality and the role of social media in digital ascent. It then considers the extent to which social media provide permissive environments for minority language use and the ways in which formal and informal language policy may serve to enhance or restrict this. A discussion follows on the factors that influence the language behaviours of minority language speakers on social media and the potential impact of social media on the minority language itself. Recognising the critical role of the social network in shaping language behaviour on social media, the chapter then examines approaches aimed at creating social networks between minority language speakers and concludes by considering geo-spatial analysis of social media data.

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Authors
Cunliffe, D.
Affiliations
University of South Wales (GB)
Corresponding author
Cunliffe, Daniel
ORCID
Cunliffe, Daniel
Venue
The Palgrave Handbook of Minority Languages and Communities
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan UK
Published
2018-12-12
Pages
451-480
DOI
10.1057/978-1-137-54066-9_18
OpenAlex
W2905447419
Cited by
27
References
1
Citations by year
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FWCI
8.27
Type
book chapter
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
Locations
Palgrave Macmillan UK eBooks (publishedVersion)
Funders
European Cooperation in Science and Technology (EU COST Action IS1306)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Linguistics and Language › Linguistic and Sociocultural Studies
  • Social Sciences › Linguistics and Language › Multilingual Education and Policy
  • Social Sciences › Linguistics and Language › Digital Communication and Language
Keywords
minority languages, social media, language maintenance, language revitalization, language policy, language behavior, social networks, minority language speakers

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