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Dr. Durk Gorter

Dr. Durk Gorter

Ikerbasque Research Professor
(The Netherlands)

  • Doctor in Humanities 1993 from the University of Amsterdam.
  • 30 years+ of research experience
  • Research line: Linguistic Landscapes and Multilingualism in Educational Contexts; Comparative studies of European minority languages
  • Comes from the posts of Professor of Sociolinguistics of Frisian at the University of Amsterdam and Head of the Social Sciences Department of the Fryske Akademy, Ljouwert/Leeuwarden, The Netherlands.
  • Has joined the Department of Theory and History of Education at the UPV-EHU in Donostia-San Sebastián

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Publications

2011

D.Gorter (2011)
Multilingualism and language policy: questions for Michael Clyne
Language Policy

J.Cenoz and D.Gorter (2011)
Focus on Multilingualism: a Study of Trilingual Writing
Modern Language Journal

D.Gorter & J.Cenoz (2011)
A Multilingual Approach: Conclusions and Future Perspectives: Afterword
The Modern Language Journal

Cenoz, Jasone & Gorter, Durk (2011)
Colloquium – Beyond bilingualism and SLA: Acquiring several languages in school contexts, American Association for Applied Linguistics Colloquia, 2010. Research in progress
Language Teaching

2010

Cenoz, J. and D. Gorter (2010)
The Diversity of Multilingualism in Education
International Journal of the Sociology of Language

2009

Gorter, D. and J.Cenoz (2009)
Multilingualism is all around us: studies of the linguistic landscape
Multilingual Living

2008

Cenoz, J. and D.Gorter (2008)
Applied linguistics and the use of minority languages in education
AILA-review

Gorter, D. and C. van der Meer (2008)
Developments in bilingual Frisian-Dutch education in Friesland
AILA-review

Gorter, D. (2008)
Developing a Policy for Teaching a Minority Language: the Case of Frisian
Current Issues in Language Planning

Cenoz, J. and D. Gorter (2008)
Linguistic Landscape as an additional source of input in second language acquisition
IRAL, International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching

Nunes, P.A.L.D., L.Onofri, D.Gorter and J.Cenoz (2008)
Language Diversity in Urban Landscapes: An Econometric Study
Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei Working Papers; http://ssrn.com/abstract=1131202

In press

Gorter, D. and J.Cenoz (2012)
Multilingual education for European minority languages: innovative approaches in the Basque Country and Friesland
International Review of Education

J.Cenoz and D.Gorter (2012)
The perception of the linguistic landscape by students in two multilingual contexts
UPORABNO JEZIKOSLOVJE Revija Društva za uporabno jezikoslovje Slovenije (Applied Linguistics: Journal of the Slovenian Association of Journal of Applied Linguistics)

J.Cenoz and D.Gorter (issue editors) (2011)
A Holistic Approach to Multilingual Education: Introduction
Modern Language Journal

Books and book chapters

Published

  • Cenoz, J. and D. Gorter (2011)
    Type: chapters
    Book: Routledge Handbook of Applied Linguistics
    Chapter: Multilingualism
    Page numbers: 401-412
    ISBN: 978-0-415-49067-2 | London: Routledge | Editors: J. Simpson
  • Cenoz, J., Gorter, D. and Heugh, K. (2011)
    Type: chapters
    Book: Diversity Research and Policy (A Multidisplinary Exploration)
    Chapter: Linguistic diversity
    Page numbers: 83-98
    ISBN: 978-90-8555-044-0 | Amsterdam: Pallas Publications, Amsterdam University Press | Editors: S.Knotter, R. de LObel, L.Tsipouri & V.Stenius
  • Aiestaran,J. Cenoz, J. and Gorter, D. (2010)
    Type: chapters
    Book: Linguistic landscape in the city
    Chapter: Multilingual cityscapes: perceptions and preferences of the inhabitants of Donostia-SanSebastián
    Page numbers: 219-234
    ISBN: 1-84769-297-4 | Bristol | Editors: E.Shohamy, E.Ben-Rafael, M.Barni
  • Arocena Egaña, E., R.Douwes, M.Hanenburg, D.Gorter and J.Cenoz (2010)
    Type: book
    Book: Frisian and Basque Multilingual Education: A Comparison of the Province of Fryslân and the Basque Autonomous Community
    Chapter:
    Page numbers:
    ISBN: 978-94-90719-01-2 | Leeuwarden: Mercator Research Centre | Editors:
  • Gorter, D. (2009)
    Type: book
    Book: Minority Languages Today: a short history of the International Conferences on Minority Languages (1980-2009)
    Chapter:
    Page numbers: 40 pp
    ISBN: none | Tartu (Estonia) | Editors:
  • Gorter, D. (2009)
    Type: book
    Book: Diversity Management in Practice: A Cross-Cultural & Multi- Disciplinary Annotated Bibliography Addressing Policy and Well-Being
    Chapter: Five contributions on Churchill, Coulmas, Haugen, Fishman and Nettle
    Page numbers: 36, 44, 63, 88-89, 133-134
    ISBN: 978-1-84519-317-1 | Sussex: Sussex Academic Press | Editors: S. Küchler and S. Wallman
  • Shohamy, E. and D.Gorter (2009)
    Type: chapters
    Book: Linguistic Landscape: Expanding the scenery
    Chapter: Introduction
    Page numbers: 1-9
    ISBN: 978-0-415-98873-5 | New York/London: Routledge | Editors: E.Shohamy and D.Gorter
  • Cenoz, J. and D.Gorter (2009)
    Type: chapters
    Book: Linguistic Landscape: Expanding the scenery
    Chapter: Language Economy and Linguistic Landscape
    Page numbers: 55-69
    ISBN: 978-0-415-98873-5 | New York/London: Routledge | Editors: E.Shohamy and D.Gorter
  • Shohamy, E. and D.Gorter (2009)
    Type: book
    Book: Linguistic Landscape: Expanding the scenery
    Chapter:
    Page numbers: 352pp
    ISBN: 978-0-415-98873-5 | New York/London: Routledge | Editors:
  • D.Gorter (2009)
    Type: chapters
    Book: Roma Multietnica (I cambiamenti nel panorama linguistico/changes in the linguistic landscape)
    Chapter: The Linguistic Landscape in Rome: aspects of multilingualism and diversity
    Page numbers: 15-55
    ISBN: 978-88-8421-207-8 | Rome: Edup, SLR | Editors: R.Bracalenti, D.Gorter, C.I. Santonico Ferrer, C. Valente
  • R.Bracalenti, D.Gorter, C.I. Santonico Ferrer, C. Valente (eds) (2009)
    Type: book
    Book: Roma Multietnica (I cambiamenti nel panorama linguistico/changes in the linguistic landscape)
    Chapter:
    Page numbers: 128 pp + DVD
    ISBN: 978-88-8421-207-8 | Rome: Edup, SLR | Editors:
  • D.Gorter (2009)
    Type: book
    Book: Minorized Languages in Europe: State and Survival
    Chapter: The Frisian Language: Sociolinguistic Situation and Language Policy
    Page numbers: 77-93
    ISBN: unknown | Masaryk University Press, Brno | Editors: Josep R. Guzman and Joan Verdegal
  • Gorter, D. (2008)
    Type: book
    Book: Endangered Languages and Language Learning
    Chapter: European Minority Languages: endangered or revived?
    Page numbers: 169-175
    ISBN: 978-0-9560210-0-7 | Bath: Foundation for Endangered Languages | Editors: De Graaf, T., N.Ostler and R.Salverda (eds.)
  • Extra, G. and D. Gorter (2008)
    Type: book
    Book: Multilingual Europe: Facts and Policies
    Chapter: The constellation of languages in Europe: an inclusive approach
    Page numbers: 1-61
    ISBN: 978-3-11-020512 | Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter | Editors: G. Extra and D. Gorter (eds.)
  • Gorter, D., C. van der Meer and A. Riemersma (2008)
    Type: book
    Book: Multilingual Europe: Facts and Policies
    Chapter: Frisian in the Netherlands
    Page numbers: 185-206
    ISBN: 978-3-11-020512-1 | Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter | Editors: G. Extra and D. Gorter (eds.)
  • Gorter, D. (2008)
    Type: book
    Book: Mapping Linguistic Diversity in Multicultural Contexts
    Chapter: Language Surveys on Frisian in the Netherlands
    Page numbers: 115-137
    ISBN: === | Berlin: Mouton De Gruyter | Editors: M. Barni and G. Extra (eds.)
  • Cenoz, J. and D. Gorter (2008)
    Type: book
    Book: Multilingualism and minority languages: Achievements and challenges in education. Special issue of AILA-review, nr 21
    Chapter: ===
    Page numbers: 110pp
    ISBN: 978 90 272 3993 8 | Amsterdam: Benjamins | Editors: Cenoz, J. and D. Gorter
  • Extra, G. and D. Gorter (2008)
    Type: book
    Book: Multilingual Europe: Facts and Policies
    Chapter: ===
    Page numbers: 353pp
    ISBN: 978-3-11-020512-1 (hb); 978-3-11-020513-8 (pb) | Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter. | Editors: Extra, G. and D. Gorter
  • Gorter, D. (2008)
    Type: chapters
    Book: Wieser Encyclopaedia of Western European Languages
    Chapter: Frisian: West Frisian, North Frisian, Sater Frisian
    Page numbers: 335-348
    ISBN: 13-978-3-85129-796-6 | Klagenfurt: Wieser Verlag | Editors: U.Ammon and H.Haarmann

In press

  • Gorter, D. and J.Cenoz (2012)
    Type: chapters
    Book: Oxford Handbook On Language And Law
    Chapter: Legal Rights of Linguistic Minorities in the European Union
    Page numbers: 00-00
    ISBN: 978-0-19-957212-0 | Oxford: Oxford University Press | Editors: P.Tiersma and L. Solan
  • Gorter, D. and J.Cenoz (2012)
    Type: chapters
    Book: Routledge Handbook of Multilingualism
    Chapter: Regional minorities, education and language revitalization
    Page numbers: 184-198
    ISBN: 978-0-415-49647-6 | London: Routledge. | Editors: Marilyn Martin-Jones, Adrian Blackledge & Angela Creese
  • D.Gorter and J.Cenoz (eds) (2012)
    Type: book
    Book: The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics
    Chapter: “Bilingualism and Multilingual education’ (areas)
    Page numbers: 00-00
    ISBN: 978-1-4051-9473-0 | Bognor Regis: Wiley | Editors: C.Chapelle (main ed), D.Gorter and J.Cenoz (area ed).
  • D.Gorter (2012)
    Type: chapters
    Book: The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics
    Chapter: Minority Languages in Education
    Page numbers: 00-00
    ISBN: 978-1-4051-9473-0 | Bognor Regis: Wiley | Editors: C.Chapelle (main ed), D.Gorter and J.Cenoz (area ed).
  • D.Gorter (2012)
    Type: chapters
    Book: The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics
    Chapter: Linguistic Landscape
    Page numbers: 00-00
    ISBN: 978-1-4051-9473-0 | Bognor Regis: Wiley | Editors: C.Chapelle (main ed), D.Gorter and J.Cenoz (area ed).
  • J.Cenoz and D.Gorter (2012)
    Type: chapters
    Book: The Cambridge Handbook of Language Policy.
    Chapter: Language policy in education II: additional languages
    Page numbers: 301-319
    ISBN: unknown | Cambridge: Cambridge University Press | Editors: B.Spolsky
  • Gorter, D. J.Aiestaran and J.Cenoz (2012)
    Type: chapters
    Book: Minority Languages in the Linguistic Landscape
    Chapter: The revitalization of Basque and the linguistic landscape of Donostia-San Sebastian
    Page numbers: 148-163
    ISBN: 978-0-230-27244-6 | Basingstroke: Palgrave-MacMillan | Editors: Gorter, D., H.F.Marten and L. Van Mensel
  • Marten, H.F., L. van Mensel and D.Gorter (2012)
    Type: chapters
    Book: Minority Languages in the Linguistic Landscape
    Chapter: Regional or Minority Languages and Linguistic Landscapes
    Page numbers: 1-17
    ISBN: 978-0-230-27244-6 | Basingstroke: Palgrave-MacMillan | Editors: Gorter, D., H.F.Marten and L. Van Mensel
  • Gorter, D., H.F.Marten and L. Van Mensel (eds.) (2012)
    Type: book
    Book: Minority Languages in the Linguistic Landscape
    Chapter:
    Page numbers: 336pp
    ISBN: 978-0-230-27244-6 | Basingstroke: Palgrave-MacMillan | Editors: Gorter, D., H.F.Marten and L. Van Mensel
  • J.Cenoz and D.Gorter (2012)
    Type: chapters
    Book: La educación superior desde una perspectiva multilingüe
    Chapter: Una perspectiva multilingüe en la enseñanza de lenguas
    Page numbers: n.a.
    ISBN: n.a. | Madrid: Tecnos | Editors: E. Alcon
  • J.Cenoz, E.Arocena and D.Gorter (2012)
    Type: chapters
    Book: Bilinguals and Assessment: State of the Art Guide to Issues and Solutions from Around the World
    Chapter: Multilingual students and their writing skills in Basque, Spanish and English
    Page numbers: n.a.
    ISBN: na. | Bristol: Multilingual Matters | Editors: V.C. Mueller Gathercole
  • Gorter, D. (2011)
    Type: chapters
    Book: Philologia Frisica anno 2008
    Chapter: De rispinge fan it sosjolingwistysk surveyûndersyk [the harvest of sociolinguistic survey research]
    Page numbers: 00-00
    ISBN: unknown | Leeuwarden/Ljouwert, The Netherlands | Editors: P.Boersma, G.Jensma and R.Salverda
  • Edelman, L. and D. Gorter (2010)
    Type: chapters
    Book: Language and the Market
    Chapter: Linguistic Landscapes and the Market
    Page numbers: 96-108
    ISBN: 9780230210608 | London: Palgrave-MacMillan | Editors: H. Kelly-Holmes and G. Mautner

Courses given

  • 2009
    SUS.DIV training activity and fieldwork, at the Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL), 4-16 January, 2009, Mysore, India
  • 2009
    Multilingual education: theoretical and research perspectives, as part of the MASTER ‘Language Acquisition in Multilingual Settings’ (LAMS), EHU/UPV, Vitoria-Gasteiz (with J.Cenoz), October-November 2009
  • 2008
    Summer Course of the University of the Basque Country, from 1-3 July 2008, title "Sustainable Development and Diversity", also part of SUS.DIV, the European Network of Excellence ('Sustainable Development in a Diverse World).

Managerial activities

  • Member of the Board of the PhD thesis defence of Esther Gómez Lacabex – Perception and production of vowel reduction in second language acquisition (Vitoria-Gazteiz 22.05.2009)
  • Member of editorial boards:
    - Language Policy, member editorial board, 2009-present
    - International Journal of Multilingualism, member editorial board, 2003-present.

Prizes and Honours

  • The "STA-medal" from the University of Amsterdam, for special merits to the university (Sept 2008). (2008)
  • The "medal of honour" of the Fryske Akademy, for services rendered (Dec 2007). (2007)

Congresses, Proceedings & Scientific meetings

  • Member of the scientific committee. Durk Gorter
    Bilingual and Multilingual Interaction (2012) Congress
    ERSC Centre for Research on Bilingualism, Bangor (Organization and management)
  • Trilingualism in Frisian schools in a European Context. Durk Gorter
    2nd International conference on Revitalization (2011) Congress
    Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden (Invited talk)
  • Ideas for research on multilingualism and minority languages from a Frisian/Basque perspective. Durk Gorter
    Kollokwium Arealität und Spätialität (2011) Congress
    Christian Albrecht University, Kiel, Germany (Invited talk)
  • Multiple lenses on the linguistic landscape. Durk Gorter
    Tendencias actuales en lingüística aplicada: A la adquisición/enseñanza de lenguas (2011) Congress
    Universidad de La Rioja, Logroño (Invited talk)
  • Multilingual literacy practices at school and in everyday communication. D.Gorter & J.Cenoz
    Annual Conference of the American Association of Applied Linguistics, AAAL2011 (2011) Congress
    AAAL2011. Chicago (Talk)
  • A multilingual approach to vocabulary assessment. J.Cenoz & D.Gorter
    Annual Conference of the American Association of Applied Linguistics, AAAL2011 (2011) Congress
    AAAL2011. Chicago, March 26-29 (Talk)
  • Some Trends in English in the Basque Country and in Friesland. D.Gorter
    Expert Seminar on “Cultural Education and Civil Society: How can Languages contribute? (2011) Congress
    Mercator Research Centre, Ljouwert/Leeuwarden, The Netherlands (Invited talk)
  • Minority Language Policy: the Radein Initiative. D.Gorter & C.Williams
    International Symposium on Bilingualism, ISB8 (2011) Congress
    University of Oslo, Oslo,15-18 June 2011 (Invited talk)
  • New Research Agendas on Multilingualism: a colloquium. D.Gorter & R.Franceschini
    International Symposium on Bilingualism, ISB8 (2011) Congress
    University of Oslo, Oslo,15-18 June 2011 (Organization and management)
  • Native and non-native speakers in minority language contexts: interactions, tensions and labels. D.Gorter
    International Symposium on Bilingualism, ISB8 (2011) Congress
    University of Oslo, Oslo,15-18 June 2011 (Talk)
  • The visibility of minority languages in public space. D.Gorter
    Language Contact in Times of Globalization (LCTG3) (2011) Congress
    University of Greifswald, 30 June - 2 July (Invited talk)
  • Opinions on the current and proposed research projects. D.Gorter
    Maintaining and Revitalising Minority Languages in their ‘Heartlands’ (2011) Congress
    Sabhal Mòr Ostaig UHI Sleat, the Isle of Skye, Scotland , 31 August-3 September 2011 (Talk)
 
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