Linguistic minorities, society, and territory

Author(s)

• Williams, Colin H.
• North Staffordshire Polytechnic. Dept. of Geography and Recreation Studies

Bibliographic Information

Linguistic minorities, society, and territory

edited by Colin H. Williams

（Multilingual matters / series editor, Derrick Sharp, 78）

Multilingual Matters, c1991

• : hbk
• : pbk

Note

Contains rev. papers from a seminar held in May 1987 at the Dept. of Geography and Recreation Studies, North Staffordshire Polytechnic

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This volume presents the latest findings of leading figures in the growing interdisciplinary field of geolinguistics. It outlines the opportunities and tensions facing linguistic minorities in their attempt to influence the structure of the modern state in Europe and North America and offers a synthesis of the complex relationship between territorial identity, social change and economic development in multilingual societies.

Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments 1. Colin H. Williams: Linguistic Minorities: West European and Canadian Perspectives 2. Paul White: Geographical Aspects of Minority Language Situations in Italy 3. Reg Hindley: Defining the Gaeltacht: Dilemmas in Irish Language Planning 4. Humphrey Lloyd Humphreys: The Geolinguistics of Breton 5. Kenneth MacKinnon: Language-Retreat and Regeneration in the Present-Day Scottish Gaidhealtachd 6. C. W. J. Withers: An Essay in Historical Geolinguistics: Gaelic Speaking in Urban Lowland Scotland in 1891 7. Clive James: What Future for Scotland's Gaelic-speaking Communities? 8. Don Cartwright: Bicultural Conflict in the Context of the Core-Periphery Model 9. John de Vries: The Spatial Organisation of Language in Canada, 1981 10. John Edwards: Gaelic in Nova Scotia 11. J. Ambrose and C. H. Williams: Language Made Visible: Representation in Geolinguistics 12. Colin H. Williams: Conclusion: Sound Language Planning is Holistic in Nature Appendix: International Seminar on Geolinguistics

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Details

• NCID: BA18678712
• ISBN:
  • 1853591327
  • 1853591319
• LCCN: 91016627
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Clevedon, Avon, England ; Philadelphia
• Pages/Volumes: vi, 330 p.
• Size: 22 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : P119.315
  • DC20 : 306.4/49
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Linguistic minorities
  • LCSH : Areal linguistics
  • LCSH : Language planning
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA0388721X