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Abstract
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.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 66-86 |
Number of pages | 21 |
Journal | Language Problems and Language Planning |
Volume | 44 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 01 Jul 2020 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© John Benjamins Publishing Company
Copyright:
Copyright 2020 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
Keywords
- Cornish
- Ideology
- Language revival
- Orthography
- Pluricentricity
- Standardisation
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Communication
- Linguistics and Language
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