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May 24, 20260 citationsOpen Access

Linguistic Risk-Taking for Minoritized Languages

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SCStefanie CajkaEVEva Vetter

Key Points

  • The paper aims to explore how linguistic risk-taking can be applied to minoritized languages to enhance language learning and revitalization.
  • Theoretical reflection based on language ecology, new speakers concept, and usage-based language learning.
  • Draws on the HORIZON EUROPE project 'RISE UP – Revitalising Languages and Safeguarding Cultural Diversity'.
  • Adapts the Linguistic Risk-Taking Initiative for minoritized language contexts.
  • Highlights important considerations for effectively implementing linguistic risk-taking.
  • Suggests that adapting risk-taking can facilitate learning and revitalization of minoritized languages.

Abstract

The Linguistic Risk-Taking Initiative is usually employed in contexts of learning majority languages such as English, French, or German (Cajka, 2021; Cajka et al., 2023; Slavkov &Séror, 2019). This paper, however, pursues a different approach and explores the potential and the implementation of linguistic risk-taking for minoritized languages. It draws on the work of the HORIZON EUROPE project "RISE UP – Revitalising Languages and Safeguarding Cultural Diversity" and reflects on important considerations for adapting the initiative for minoritized language contexts. The theoretical basis for these reflections rests on three main pillars, which are language ecology, new speakers, and a dynamic usage-based approach to language learning. The paper also elaborates on the implementation of linguistic risk-taking in the RISE UP project.

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Cajka et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a12959d48a0ea1665671bd7https://doi.org/10.18716/ojs/kon/2026.s6.3
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