Galician and Irish in the European context
Subtitle: attitudes towards weak and strong minority languages
By: Bernadette O'Rourke
Series: Palgrave studies in minority languages and communities; Palgrave studies in minority languages and communities
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 185
ISBN-13: 9780230574038
Subjects: Social aspects; Linguistic minorities; Cross-cultural studies; Irish language; Galician language
Description: "What can language attitudes, ideologies and beliefs tell us about the survival of a minority language? The book examines this question in relation to Irish in the Republic of Ireland and Galician in north-western Spain and in bringing these two languages together, offers the first systematic study of this minority language pair. The book begins with a thorough review of relevant theoretical debates, followed by an analysis of the socio-historical factors which led to the stigmatization and 'minorization' of these two languages. It looks comparatively at the role of language policy in attempting to reverse these processes, drawing on existing attitudinal research, as well the author's own cross-national study of young people's language attitudes. Through its comparative approach, the book provides a fresh perspective on the Irish and Galician contexts. It gives new insights into the factors affecting attitudes towards minority languages more generally and will be of interest to language planners, educators and policy-makers"--Publisher description, p. [4] of cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [160]-178) and index.