Minority Language Promotion, Protection and Regulation [electronic resource] : The Mask of Piety /
Williams, C.author.
This is an analysis of the promises and contradictions surrounding contemporary minority language policy. It draws on theoretical and real-world perspectives and interviews with key players within European institutions together with field work undertaken principally in Ireland, Scotland, Wales, the Basque Country, Catalonia and Canada.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The mask of piety -- Managing official language legislative regimes -- European legislative frameworks and comparative language acts -- The embedded nature of language legislation -- From act to action : policy implications and recommendations -- Official language strategies in comparative perspective -- The logic of best practice language strategy -- Official language commissioners -- The mask of piety and the faltering polity.
This is an analysis of the promises and contradictions surrounding contemporary minority language policy. It draws on theoretical and real-world perspectives and interviews with key players within European institutions together with field work undertaken principally in Ireland, Scotland, Wales, the Basque Country, Catalonia and Canada.
Historical linguistics.
Sociolinguistics.
Applied linguistics.
Historical Linguistics.
Sociolinguistics.
Applied Linguistics.