New speakers: Challenges and opportunities for variationist sociolinguistics

J Kasstan - Language and Linguistics Compass, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
While the field of variationist sociolinguistics has advanced rapidly since Labov (1966), it
remains the case that a socially informed theory of language change continues to be …

Identity, accent aim, and motivation in second language users: New Scottish Gaelic speakers' use of phonetic variation

C Nance, W McLeod, B O'Rourke… - Journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
This paper examines the use of phonetic variation in word‐final rhotics among nineteen
adult new speakers of Scottish Gaelic, ie speakers who did not acquire the language …

New spaces of new speaker profiles: Exploring language ideologies in transnational multilingual families

J Soler, A Zabrodskaja - Language in Society, 2017 - cambridge.org
This article looks at Spanish-Estonian speaking families and their language ideologies in
relation to language use in the family setting—how parents decide to use languages among …

Minority language ownership and authority: Perspectives of native speakers and new speakers

S Nic Fhlannchadha, TM Hickey - International Journal of Bilingual …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
The Irish language is a minority language undergoing the attenuation and accelerated
change commonly seen as threatened languages come under increasing pressure from the …

New speaker parents as grassroots policy makers in contemporary Galicia: ideologies, management and practices

B O'Rourke, A Nandi - Language Policy, 2019 - Springer
This study examines the role of new speaker parents who have made a conscious decision
to bring up their children in Galician, a language which they themselves did not acquire in …

[HTML][HTML] Integrated geospatial methods for multilingual cities: Combining GPS, electronically activated recorder, and map-based ethnographic interviews

B O'Rourke, Q Zhao, A Dayán-Fernández… - Research Methods in …, 2024 - Elsevier
Multilingual speakers' linguistic practices are typically investigated via self-report measures,
often relying on subjective memory recall. This article examines the potential of an …

Neofalantismo y el sujeto neohablante

F Ramallo - Claves para entender el multilingüismo …, 2020 - books.google.com
1 Este capítulo presenta parte de los resultados del proyecto de investigación «El
neohablante como sujeto social: el proceso de conversión lingüística en Galicia, Euskadi …

Effective family language policies and intergenerational transmission of minority languages: Parental language governance in indigenous and diasporic contexts

A Nandi, I Manterola, F Reyna-Muniain… - … reversing language shift …, 2022 - Springer
This chapter examines the rise of grassroots level actors (ie, parents) who play a significant
role in interpreting and implementing top-down language policies on the ground in three …

Language and cognition in Gaelic-English young adult bilingual speakers: A positive effect of school immersion program on attentional and grammatical skills

M Garraffa, M Obregon, B O'Rourke… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The present study investigates linguistics and cognitive effects of bilingualism with a minority
language acquired through school medium education. If bilingualism has an effect on …

Contesting language policy for asylum seekers in the Northern periphery: The story of Tailor F

S Pöyhönen, J Simpson - Language Policy, 2021 - Springer
This article is about navigating asylum, employment and language policy in a new country
as an asylum seeker. Through the story of one individual, we show that profound …