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Linguistic diversity in institutional collections: Beyond preservation to valorisation

Hannaford, E. and Alexander, M. (2024) Linguistic diversity in institutional collections: Beyond preservation to valorisation. International Journal of Language Studies, 18(2), pp. 91-112. (doi: 10.5281/zenodo.10475279)

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Abstract

Language’s capacity to shape and perpetuate ideologies, cultural values, and social conditions is well-established across linguistic theory. From this perspective, combatting linguistic prejudice and promoting language equity are key to contemporary cultural concerns around challenging prescriptivist worldviews and disrupting hegemonic historical perspectives. Institutional collections represent promising staging grounds for such efforts, with wide reach and accessibility, but are typically focused and curated in mainstream language varieties. This paper explores how institutional collections may correct this homogeneity, through connecting materials containing regional/social language varieties, including those of community archives, into collections more representative of diverse linguistic and cultural landscapes. Using an AHRC-funded project integrating community-generated content into the UK national collection as example, this paper addresses challenges and makes recommendations for effectively valorising language varieties in institutional collections. Consequently, this paper argues for the potential of linguistically diverse institutional collections as transformative tools for promoting language equity and reducing linguistic prejudice.

Item Type:	Articles
Additional Information:	The authors are grateful for the support of the wider project team on Our Heritage, Our Stories, funded by the UK Arts and Humanities Research Council (project no. AH/W00321X/1).
Status:	Published
Refereed:	Yes
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID:	Hannaford, Dr Ewan and Alexander, Professor Marc
Authors:	Hannaford, E., and Alexander, M.
Subjects:	P Language and Literature > P Philology. Linguistics P Language and Literature > PE English Z Bibliography. Library Science. Information Resources > ZA Information resources
College/School:	College of Arts & Humanities > School of Critical Studies > English Language and Linguistics
Research Centre:	Mazumdar-Shaw Advanced Research Centre (ARC) > Creative Economies and Cultural Transformation
Journal Name:	International Journal of Language Studies
Journal Abbr.:	IJLS
Publisher:	EBSCO Publishing
ISSN:	2157-4898
ISSN (Online):	2157-4901

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Funder and Project Information

Project Code	Award No	Project Name	Principal Investigator	Funder's Name	Funder Ref	Lead Dept
312143		Our Heritage, Our Stories: Linking and searching community-generated digital content to develop the people's national collection	Lorna Hughes	Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)	AH/W00321X/1	Arts - Information Studies

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Deposit and Record Details

ID Code:	316703
Depositing User:	Professor Marc Alexander
Datestamp:	16 Jan 2024 14:23
Last Modified:	26 Mar 2024 11:26
Date of acceptance:	4 July 2023
Date of first online publication:	2024
Date Deposited:	16 January 2024
Data Availability Statement:	No