Galician and Irish in the European context: attitudes towards weak and strong minority languages
O'Rourke, Bernadette
An exploration of the role of language attitudes and ideologies in predictingthe survival prospects of a minority language. The author examines this role through a cross-national comparative analysis of Irish in the Republic of Ireland and Galician in the Autonomous Community of Galicia in north-west Spain. BERNADETTE O'ROURKE lecturers in Spanish and General Linguistics at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK. Her main research interests, on which she haspublished various articles and chapters, are in sociolinguistics and the sociology of language, with a particular focus on minority language issues. INDICE: List of Tables - Introduction - Language Attitudes - Evolution of Attitudes towards Irish and Galician - A New Policy for Ideological Change - Effects of Language Policies on Attitudes - A Cross National Study of Young People's Attitudes - Conclusion - Notes - Bibliography - Index -
- ISBN: 978-0-230-57403-8
- Editorial: Palgrave MacM
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 200
- Fecha Publicación: 08/12/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés