Nathan John Albury
Defining M?ori language revitalisation: A project in folk linguistics
University of Oslo
postmodern critical movements language policy redefinition governmentality attention power structures call localised perspectives language arrangements way polity social cultural context understood much policies operates case indigenous languages undergoing revitalisation allows us define language revitalisation vitality deliver western scholarship local purposes local ideas examining local knowledge preferences folk linguistic approach applied language policy research quantitative qualitative survey investigated around 1300 indigenous nonindigenous youth new zealand define mori language revitalisation perspective perceive revitalisation processes outcomes proposed scholarship local discourses paper shows claimed linguistic knowledge exists parallel language attitudes informs local policy ideas findings indicate youth define language revitalisation vitality terms contextualised local ontology knowledge ideologies values therefore challenging local applicability universal theories