| Description |
1 online resource (vi, 330 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Series |
Multilingual matters ; 78 |
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Multilingual matters (Series) ; 78
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| Contents |
Linguistic minorities: west European and Canadian perspectives / Colin H. Williams -- Geographical aspects of minority language situations in Italy / Paul White -- Defining the Gaeltacht: dilemmas in Irish language planning / Reg Hindley -- The geolinguistics of Breton / Humphrey Lloyd Humphreys -- Language-retreat and regeneration in the present-day Scottish Gàidhealtachd / Kenneth MacKinnon -- An essay in historical geolinguistics: Gaelic speaking in urban lowland Scotland in 1891 / C.W.J. Withers -- What future for Scotland's Gaelic-speaking communities? / Clive James -- Bicultural conflict in the context of the core-periphery model / Don Cartwright -- The spatial organisation of language in Canada, 1981 / John de Vries -- Gaelic in Nova Scotia / John Edwards -- Language made visible: representation in geolinguistics / J. Ambrose and C.H. Williams -- Conclusion: Sound language planning is holistic in nature / Colin H. Williams -- Appendix: International Seminar on Geolinguistics |
| Analysis |
Minority languages |
| Notes |
Contains rev. papers from a seminar held in May 1987 at the Dept. of Geography and Recreation Studies, North Staffordshire Polytechnic |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Areal linguistics.
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Language planning.
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Linguistic minorities.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Williams, Colin H., 1950-
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North Staffordshire Polytechnic. Department of Geography and Recreation Studies.
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| ISBN |
0585126070 (electronic bk.) |
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9780585126074 (electronic bk.) |
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