Agency lost in the discourse of language endangerment: Nominalisation in discourse about South Estonian

<p>This paper focuses on the representation of agency in the discourse of language endangerment. I consider strategies to (de)legitimate through the competing claims regarding lesser-spoken South Estonian varieties by language activists and their opponents, language professionals and others, f...

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Main Author: Kadri Koreinik
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Eesti Rakenduslingvistika Ühing (Estonian Association for Applied Linguistics) 2011-05-01
Series:Eesti Rakenduslingvistika Ühingu Aastaraamat
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Online Access:http://www.rakenduslingvistika.ee/ajakirjad/index.php/aastaraamat/article/view/56