Language, Ethnicity and the State, Volume 1: Minority Languages in the European Union

ISBN-13: 9780333929254 / Angielski / Twarda / 2001 / 183 str.

Camille O'Reilly

Opis

Developments in the European Union over the last decade have been largely positive from the perspective of stateless and minority ethnic groups and the survival and prosperity of minority languages. This selection of sociologically and ethnographically oriented work enables the reader to compare developments in different ethno-linguistic revival movements within the European Union. The contributions also explore the impact of EU policy and discourse on the individual movements and the orientation of Western Europe as a whole towards linguistic heterogeneity and cultural diversity. A companion volume (0-333-92924-1) examines the status of minority languages in post-1989 Eastern Europe.

Recenzje

...these two volumes offer a superior introduction to the politics of language in Europe and valuable insights to all who work on language, culture and power in the US...highly recommended to all serious readers. Choice

Spis treści

Introduction: Minority Languages, Ethnicity and the State in the European Union; C.O'Reilly Many Tongues But One Voice: A Personal Overview of the Role of the European Bureau of Lesser Used Languages in Promoting Europe's Regional and Minority Languages; D.Ó.Riagáin State Language Ideology and the Shifting Nature of Minority Language Planning on Corsica; A.Jaffe Catalan is Everyone's Thing: Normalizing a Nation; S.DiGiacomo Irish Language, Irish Identity: Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland in the European Union; C.O'Reilly Ethnic Identity and Minority Language Survival in Brittany; L.Timm When Language Does Not Matter: Regional Identity Formation in Northern Italy; J.Stacul 'Old' and 'New' Lesser Used Languages of Europe: Common Cause?; T.Cheesman Bibliography Index

O autorze

TOM CHEESMAN Lecturer in Gemran, University of Wales, Swansea SUSAN DiGIACOMO Adjunct Professor, Department of Anthropology, Middlebury College, University of Massachusetts ALEXANDRA JAFFE Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of Southern Mississippi DÓNAL Ó. RIAGÁIN Member of the Advisory Council of the European Centre for Minority Issues JARO STACUL Research Associate, Department of Social Anthropology, University of Cambridge LENORA TIMM Professor of Chair of Linguistics, University of California, Davis