Language vitality assessments

Birnie, I. (Invited speaker)

Education

Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk

Description

A presentation discussing language vitality and how it is assessed and the metrics that should be considered in language vitality assessments and considerations of the meaning of vitality

Period	30 Mar 2021
Held at	LITHME Language in the Human-Machine Era, Finland
Degree of Recognition	International

Keywords

Language vitality
Language revitalisation
minority language use
Gaelic

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Lang_vit_LITHME
File: application/pdf, 39.3 MB
Type: Text

COST Action CA19102 - Talk delivered to Workgroup 4 of LITHME A language’s vitality refers to its current and likely future level of use. A linguistically diverse future will depend on ensuring good vitality levels for as many languages as possible. Endangerment means reduction in speakers/domains, especially family and community. New technologies may increase the domains of language use and therefore have a positive impact on language vitality. At the same time, this depends on the availability of technologies for all languages and access to new technologies by the community members. Current paradigms in LT in fact exclude the vast majority of languages as they need big amounts of data and huge computing power that are not available for most languages. WG4 will address questions like: will LT of the future be able to have a positive impact on the vitality of languages? Will spoken language technology be strong enough to sustain languages which exist only in oral or signed form? Will the diversity of forms in which languages appear influence the development of new language technologies? Will LT sustain language diversity and in which form? How can technologies enhance the prospect of survival of endangered languages and how should they be designed?

Language vitality assessments

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