The orthography of revived Cornish as an attempt at pluricentricity

IF 0.4 4区 文学 0 LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS
Merryn Davies-Deacon
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After over twenty years of debate over Cornish orthographies, recognition by the UK government according to the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages in 2003 led to the creation of what was initially intended as a “single written form” for use in official contexts. However, the inevitable impossibility of finding a compromise that pleased opposing groups of speakers with differing ideologies meant that the eventual Standard Written Form (SWF) was pluricentric, comprising two “main forms”. While these were initially stated to be of equal status, this has been hard to maintain since the SWF’s implementation: with more speakers using Middle Cornish forms, the Late Cornish forms are less visible and commonly believed to be subsidiary. Drawing on such perceptions, along with learning materials and other resources, this paper examines the status of the SWF today and offers some reflections on this unsuccessful attempt at pluricentricity in a minoritised language.
康沃尔语的正字法作为一种多中心的尝试而复兴
在对康沃尔语正字法进行了20多年的争论之后,2003年,英国政府根据《欧洲地区或少数民族语言宪章》对康沃尔语的承认,创造了一种最初旨在用于官方语境的“单一书面形式”。然而,不可避免地不可能找到一种折中办法,使具有不同意识形态的对立群体满意,这意味着最终的标准书面形式(SWF)是多中心的,包括两种“主要形式”。虽然这些最初被认为是平等的,但自从SWF实施以来,这种情况很难维持:随着越来越多的人使用中康沃尔语形式,晚期康沃尔语形式就不那么明显了,通常被认为是附属的。基于这些观点,结合学习材料和其他资源,本文考察了主权财富基金今天的状况,并对这种以少数民族语言实现多中心化的失败尝试提出了一些反思。
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期刊介绍: Language Problems and Language Planning is published in cooperation with the Center for Research and Documentation on World Language Problems. This international multi-lingual journal publishes articles primarily on political, sociological, and economic aspects of language and language use. It is especially concerned with relationships between and among language communities, particularly in international contexts, and in the adaptation, manipulation, and standardization of language for international use.
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