| Title: |
Corpus linguistics and minoritized languages |
| Authors: |
Knight, Dawn; Fitzpatrick, Tess; Morris, Steve |
| Contributors: |
Collins, L.; Mahberg, M. |
| Publisher Information: |
Elsevier |
| Publication Year: |
2026 |
| Collection: |
Cardiff University: ORCA (Online Research @ Cardiff) |
| Description: |
A minoritized language is often defined as one that has been socially and/or politically minimalized, destabilized or deliberately positioned against a numerically defined more dominant/major (i.e. majority) language. The numerical definition is often based on the number and spread of speakers, along with other demographically defined parameters. Minoritized languages are often the indigenous languages of a particular country or state, but are typically not given an equal status or recognition as those enjoyed by a more dominant language used in that geographical area (e.g. Māori in New Zealand). This entry discusses some of the challenges in designing and developing minoritized language corpora as well as examples of some minoritized corpora that have been constructed to date. |
| Document Type: |
book part |
| Language: |
unknown |
| Relation: |
Knight, Dawn https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/view/cardiffauthors/A21327924.html orcid:0000-0002-4745-6502 orcid:0000-0002-4745-6502, Fitzpatrick, Tess and Morris, Steve 2026. Corpus linguistics and minoritized languages. Collins, L. and Mahberg, M., eds. International Encyclopaedia of Language and Linguistics, Elsevier, (10.1016/B978-0-323-95504-1.01474-5 https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-95504-1.01474-5) |
| DOI: |
10.1016/b978-0-323-95504-1.01474-5 |
| Availability: |
https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/185549/; https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-323-95504-1.01474-5 |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.A8B9CA92 |
| Database: |
BASE |