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Language ideologies, practices and policies in Kanaky/New Caledonia (2015)
Book Chapter
Sallabank, J. (2015). Language ideologies, practices and policies in Kanaky/New Caledonia. In M. C. Jones (Ed.), Policy and Planning for Endangered Languages (31-47). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781316162880.004

From colonisation by France in 1853 until the Accords of 1989 and 1998, the indigenous Kanak people of New Caledonia, and their culture and languages, were marginalised and children were forbidden from speaking their home languages at school. Educati... Read More about Language ideologies, practices and policies in Kanaky/New Caledonia.

“I’m Not Dead Yet”: A Comparative Study of Indigenous Language Revitalization in the Isle of Man, Jersey and Guernsey. (2014)
Journal Article
Wilson, G., Johnson, H., & Sallabank, J. (2015). “I’m Not Dead Yet”: A Comparative Study of Indigenous Language Revitalization in the Isle of Man, Jersey and Guernsey. Current Issues in Language Planning, 16(3), 259-278. https://doi.org/10.1080/14664208.2014.972535

At the outset of the twenty-first century, the survival of many minority and indigenous languages is threatened by globalization and the ubiquity of dominant languages such as English in the worlds of communication and commerce. In a number of cases,... Read More about “I’m Not Dead Yet”: A Comparative Study of Indigenous Language Revitalization in the Isle of Man, Jersey and Guernsey..

Endangered Languages: Beliefs and Ideologies in Language Documentation and Revitalization (2014)
Book
Austin, P., & Sallabank, J. (Eds.). (2014). Endangered Languages: Beliefs and Ideologies in Language Documentation and Revitalization. Oxford University Press: British Academy. https://doi.org/10.5871/bacad/9780197265765.001.0001

Over the few past centuries, and the last 65 years in particular, there has been a tremendous reduction in global linguistic diversity, as people abandon minority language varieties and switch to larger and what they perceive to be more economically,... Read More about Endangered Languages: Beliefs and Ideologies in Language Documentation and Revitalization.

Attitudes to Endangered Languages : Identities and Policies (2013)
Book
Sallabank, J. (2013). Attitudes to Endangered Languages : Identities and Policies. Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139344166

Language attitudes and ideologies are of key importance in assessing the chances of success of revitalisation efforts for endangered languages. However, few book-length studies relate attitudes to language policies, or address the changing attitudes... Read More about Attitudes to Endangered Languages : Identities and Policies.

Can majority support save an endangered language? A case study of language attitudes in Guernsey (2013)
Journal Article
Sallabank, J. (2013). Can majority support save an endangered language? A case study of language attitudes in Guernsey. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 34(4), 332-347. https://doi.org/10.1080/01434632.2013.794808

Many studies of minority language revitalisation focus on the attitudes and perceptions of minorities, but not on those of majority group members. This paper discusses the implications of these issues, and presents research into majority andf minorit... Read More about Can majority support save an endangered language? A case study of language attitudes in Guernsey.

Diversity and language policy for endangered languages (2012)
Book Chapter
Sallabank, J. (2012). Diversity and language policy for endangered languages. In B. Spolsky (Ed.), Cambridge Handbook of Language Policy. Cambridge University Press

Over the last 50 years, language policy has developed into a major discipline, drawing on research and practice in many nations and at many levels. This is the first Handbook to deal with language policy as a whole and is a complete 'state-of-the-fie... Read More about Diversity and language policy for endangered languages.

From language documentation to language planning: not necessarily a direct route (2012)
Book Chapter
Sallabank, J. (2012). From language documentation to language planning: not necessarily a direct route. In F. Seifart, G. Haig, N. Himmelmann, D. Jung, A. Margetts, & P. Trilsbeek (Eds.), Potentials of Language Documentation: Methods, Analyses, and Utilization (118-125). University of Hawai‘i Press

In this paper I consider how documentary linguists can provide support for community language planning initiatives, and discuss some issues. These relate partly to the process of language documentation: what and who we choose to document, how we de... Read More about From language documentation to language planning: not necessarily a direct route.

Cambridge Handbook of Endangered Languages (2011)
Book
Austin, P., & Sallabank, J. (Eds.). (2011). Cambridge Handbook of Endangered Languages. Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511975981

It is generally agreed that about 7,000 languages are spoken across the world today and at least half may no longer be spoken by the end of this century. This state-of-the-art Handbook examines the reasons behind this dramatic loss of linguistic dive... Read More about Cambridge Handbook of Endangered Languages.

Norman languages of the Channel Islands: Current situation, language maintenance and revitalisation (2011)
Journal Article
Sallabank, J. (2011). Norman languages of the Channel Islands: Current situation, language maintenance and revitalisation. Shima (Sydney, N.S.W. Online), 5(2), 19-44

The Channel Islands have been self-governing dependencies of the British Crown since 1204, but their geographical location, indigenous languages and older cultural traditions are much closer to Normandy (north-west France). However, acculturation to... Read More about Norman languages of the Channel Islands: Current situation, language maintenance and revitalisation.

Orthography development (2011)
Book Chapter
Lüpke, F. (2011). Orthography development. In P. Austin, & J. Sallabank (Eds.), Handbook of endangered languages (312-336). Cambridge University Press

Standardisation, prescription and polynomie: can Guernsey follow the Corsican model? (2010)
Journal Article
Sallabank, J. (2010). Standardisation, prescription and polynomie: can Guernsey follow the Corsican model?. Current Issues in Language Planning, 11, 311-330. https://doi.org/10.1080/14664208.2010.533343

Minority language planning and efforts to revitalise endangered languages have been criticised for following a model of language planning common to majority languages, i.e. promoting a prescriptive standard which reproduces hierarchies and hegemonies... Read More about Standardisation, prescription and polynomie: can Guernsey follow the Corsican model?.

Endangered language maintenance and revitalisation: the role of social networks (2010)
Journal Article
Sallabank, J. (2010). Endangered language maintenance and revitalisation: the role of social networks. Anthropological linguistics, 52(3), 184-205

Numerous studies have found that high-density, ‘traditional’ social networks correlate with the use of low-status or local language varieties. Why some people maintain an ancestral language and transmit it to their children, while others abandon it,... Read More about Endangered language maintenance and revitalisation: the role of social networks.

Guernsey French, identity and language endangerment (2006)
Book Chapter
Sallabank, J. (2006). Guernsey French, identity and language endangerment. In T. Omoniyi, & G. White (Eds.), The Sociolinguistics of Identity (131-156). Continuum

This chapter looks examines the effects of identity on revitalization efforts in the context of a small and dwindling language community. It discusses the nature and inter-relationship of identity, ethnicity and culture, and their roles in language c... Read More about Guernsey French, identity and language endangerment.