TY - BOOK ID - 118187494 TI - Language policy and the new speaker challenge : hiding in plain sight PY - 2023 SN - 1009051695 1009047329 1009051547 1316517756 9781009047326 9781316517758 PB - Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Linguistic minorities. KW - Language policy. KW - Communication policy KW - Language planning KW - Minority languages KW - Minoritized languages KW - Language and languages KW - Minorities KW - Sociolinguistics KW - Political aspects KW - Linguistic minorities KW - Language policy UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:118187494 AB - 'New speakers' is a term used to describe those who have learnt a minority language not within their home or community settings, but through bilingual education, immersion or migration. Looking specifically at the impact of new speakers on language policy, this book provides an authoritative and detailed examination of minority language policy in Wales, Scotland, Ireland, the Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre, Catalonia and Galicia. Based on interviews with politicians, senior civil servants, academics and civil society activists, it assesses the extent to which interventions derived from a new speakers' perspective has been incorporated into official language practice. It describes several challenges faced by new speakers, before proposing specific recommendations on how to integrate them into established minority language communities. Shedding new light on the deeper issues faced by minority language communities, it is essential reading for students and researchers in sociolinguistics, language policy and planning, language education, bi- and multilingualism. ER -