Ecolinguistics of the Celtic Languages 3BA/CELT (2020/SL) (Jędrzejewska-Pyszczak)

15-EJC-CE-11

This course will examine the current state of the Celtic languages spoken in Britain, Ireland and France today and complements the course on Minority Celtic Language Studies. This course is more descriptive and will examine, in detail, the varying uses of each of the Celtic languages, according to Fishman’s model of Reversing Language Shift:

1. The use of the language for local and regional work by both insiders and outsiders

2. Literacy in the language transmitted through education

3. The age profile of literate language users

4. Full intergenerational transmission

5. Partial intergenerational transmission

6. Evidence of language shift

Populist writings on each of the languages will also be examined, to determine which language ideologies are prevalent in those Celtic areas, held by both Celtic-language speakers and outsiders alike (e.g. Drysdale 2002, Tanner 2006, Petro 2009).