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Sylheti Repertoires and Sociolinguistic Place-making in Tower Hamlets (2025)
Thesis
Winstanley, B. Sylheti Repertoires and Sociolinguistic Place-making in Tower Hamlets. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

Conducted in collaboration with the Tower Hamlets based community organisation Osmani Trust, this sociolinguistic ethnography responds to local concerns that Sylheti is undergoing language shift to English. Existing studies have tended to focus on Sy... Read More about Sylheti Repertoires and Sociolinguistic Place-making in Tower Hamlets.

Linguistic Diversity (2024)
Journal Article
Sallabank, J. (2024). Linguistic Diversity. Global perspectives (Oakland, Calif.), 5(1), Article 117328. https://doi.org/10.1525/gp.2024.117328

Linguistic diversity is generally perceived as declining, although the number of languages in the world, as counted by catalogues such as Ethnologue (Eberhard et al. 2023), is actually increasing year on year. This paper will consider what is meant b... Read More about Linguistic Diversity.

Language, identity and empowerment in endangered language contexts: Māori and Guernesiais (2022)
Book Chapter
Sallabank, J., & King, J. (2022). Language, identity and empowerment in endangered language contexts: Māori and Guernesiais. In W. Ayres-Bennett, & L. Fisher (Eds.), Multilingualism and Identity: Interdisciplinary Perspectives (341-364). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108780469.017

This chapter investigates the identities and motivations of learners of small, endangered and minoritized heritage languages, especially adults. Our case studies are from two contexts which have both similarities and contrasts: Guernesiais, a small,... Read More about Language, identity and empowerment in endangered language contexts: Māori and Guernesiais.

Peer-to-peer endangered language transmission among adults (2022)
Book Chapter
Sallabank, J. (2022). Peer-to-peer endangered language transmission among adults. In M. Hornsby, & W. McLeod (Eds.), Transmitting Minority Languages: Complementary Reversing Language Shift Strategies (191-216). Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-87910-5_8

In endangered language contexts where family language links have been broken, most native speakers are now of grandparent generation or older; they may not speak the language frequently. The parent generation are usually not fluent, but without profi... Read More about Peer-to-peer endangered language transmission among adults.

Plant recognition by Northern Khmer children in Ban Khanat Pring and Ban Ramboe Villages, Surin Province, Thailand (2022)
Journal Article
Ungsitipoonporn, S., Simard, C., & Sallabank, J. Plant recognition by Northern Khmer children in Ban Khanat Pring and Ban Ramboe Villages, Surin Province, Thailand. South East Asia Research, 30(2), 180-201. https://doi.org/10.1080/0967828x.2022.2038019

This article arises from a project that explores the acquisition of ethnobotanical knowledge in Northern Khmer-speaking communities in northeast Thailand, in response to the wish expressed by villagers to preserve their knowledge of the surrounding T... Read More about Plant recognition by Northern Khmer children in Ban Khanat Pring and Ban Ramboe Villages, Surin Province, Thailand.

Language attitudes and language practices of the Lebanese community in the UK (2021)
Journal Article
Eid, Z., & Sallabank, J. Language attitudes and language practices of the Lebanese community in the UK. International Journal of the Sociology of Language, 2021(269), 179-202. https://doi.org/10.1515/ijsl-2020-0008

Abstract The number of Lebanese immigrants in the UK has dramatically increased in recent years, motivated by socio-political and economic pressures and in pursuit of academic excellence. This is one of the first studies to explore the attitudes of L... Read More about Language attitudes and language practices of the Lebanese community in the UK.

Revitalizing Endangered Languages: A Practical Guide (2021)
Book
Olko, J., & Sallabank, J. (Eds.). (2021). Revitalizing Endangered Languages: A Practical Guide. Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108641142

Of the approximately 7,000 languages in the world, at least half may no longer be spoken by the end of the twenty-first century. Languages are endangered by a number of factors, including globalization, education policies, and the political, economic... Read More about Revitalizing Endangered Languages: A Practical Guide.

A sociolinguistic study of language practices and language attitudes of Lebanese families in London (2019)
Thesis
Eid, Z. A. A sociolinguistic study of language practices and language attitudes of Lebanese families in London. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

This study explores the intergenerational patterns of language use and family language policies (FLPs), language attitudes towards Arabic and multilingualism, and identity practices of Lebanese families in London. It also investigates whether heritag... Read More about A sociolinguistic study of language practices and language attitudes of Lebanese families in London.

Language planning and language ideologies in Guernsey (2018)
Journal Article
Sallabank, J. (2018). Language planning and language ideologies in Guernsey. Multilingua: Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication, 38(1), 93-111. https://doi.org/10.1515/multi-2018-0002

The Bailiwick of Guernsey is a small, semi-autonomous archipelago in the English Channel. Although it is a British Crown dependency and part of the British Isles, it has its own parliament and does not belong to the United Kingdom or the European Uni... Read More about Language planning and language ideologies in Guernsey.

Language Revitalization in the Channel Islands (2018)
Book Chapter
Sallabank, J. (2018). Language Revitalization in the Channel Islands. In L. Hinton, L. Huss, & G. Roche (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Language Revitalization. Routledge

"We don’t say it like that”: language ownership and (de)legitimising the new speaker (2017)
Book Chapter
Sallabank, J., & Marquis, Y. (2018). "We don’t say it like that”: language ownership and (de)legitimising the new speaker. In M. Hornsby, & C. Smith-Christmas (Eds.), New Speakers of Minority Languages: Linguistic Ideologies and Practices (67-90). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-57558-6_4

In Guernsey (Channel Islands) there is a distinct lack of fluent new speakers of the indigenous language, Giernesiei. Examination of debates and unstated ideologies surrounding language teaching and revitalisation reveals that there is a degree of u... Read More about "We don’t say it like that”: language ownership and (de)legitimising the new speaker.

Purism, Variation, Change and ‘Authenticity’: Ideological Challenges to Language Revitalisation (2017)
Journal Article
Sallabank, J. (2017). Purism, Variation, Change and ‘Authenticity’: Ideological Challenges to Language Revitalisation. European Review, 26(1), 164-178. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1062798717000400

This paper is based on recent research into the small, highly endangered language Giernesiei 1 (Guernsey, Channel Islands). 2 Language documentation has found unexpectedly rich variation and change in Giernesiei usage, not all of which can be account... Read More about Purism, Variation, Change and ‘Authenticity’: Ideological Challenges to Language Revitalisation.

‘Spelling trouble: Ideologies and practices in Giernesiei / Dgernesiais / Guernesiais / Guernésiais / Djernezié…’ (2017)
Book Chapter
Marquis, Y., & Sallabank, J. (2017). ‘Spelling trouble: Ideologies and practices in Giernesiei / Dgernesiais / Guernesiais / Guernésiais / Djernezié…’. In M. C. Jones, & D. Mooney (Eds.), Orthography Development for Language Maintenance and Revitalisation (235-253). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316562949.012

The indigenous language of Guernsey is not standardized, and has no official orthography. It is highly endangered, but there is a significant increase in demand for written Giernesiei. Examination of writing practices reveals a wide range of spelling... Read More about ‘Spelling trouble: Ideologies and practices in Giernesiei / Dgernesiais / Guernesiais / Guernésiais / Djernezié…’.