Linguistic policies and the survival of regional languages in France and Britain /

Alsatian, Basque, Catalan, Corsican, Western Flemish, Occitan, and various languages such as Picard: what have they got in common, if anything, with Welsh, Scottish Gaelic, Irish, and Cornish? Does Cornish even exist anymore? And is Scots a language? And why is Ulster Scots so important today? These...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Judge, Anne
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
Series:Palgrave studies in minority languages and communities.
Subjects:
Language policy > France > History.
French language > Political aspects > History.
Linguistic minorities > France.
Language policy > Great Britain > History.
English language > Political aspects > History.
Linguistic minorities > Great Britain.
Français (Langue) > Aspect politique > Histoire.
Minorités linguistiques > France.
Minorités linguistiques > Grande-Bretagne.
Sociolinguistics > French > Corsican > Celtic languages > United Kingdom, Great Britain > France.
Dialect, slang & jargon > French > Corsican > Celtic languages > United Kingdom, Great Britain > France.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > Sociolinguistics.
Languages.
English language > Political aspects
French language > Political aspects
Language policy
Linguistic minorities
Sprachpolitik
Regionalsprache
France
Great Britain
Großbritannien
Frankreich
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The rise of French as an official national language
  • The rise of English as an official language
  • Regional languages official elsewhere: Basque, Catalan, Flemish and Alsatian
  • Regional languages not official elsewhere: Breton, Corsican, Franco-Provencal, Occitan and the Langues d'oil
  • Revitalising the regional languages of France
  • The regional languages of England and Wales: Welsh and Cornish
  • The regional languages of Scotland: Scottish Gaelic and Scot
  • The regional languages of Northern Ireland: Irish and Ulster Scots.

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