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Minority Language Promotion, Protection and Regulation

The Mask of Piety
BookPaperback
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CHF137.00

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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.
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ISBN/GTIN978-1-349-43344-5
Product TypeBook
BindingPaperback
Publishing date01/01/2013
Edition13001 A. 1st ed. 2013
SeriesLanguage and Globalization
Pages356 pages
LanguageEnglish
SizeWidth 140 mm, Height 216 mm, Thickness 20 mm
Weight448 g
Article no.26622549
CatalogsBuchzentrum
Data source no.20050158
Product groupSprachen
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Colin H. Williams is Research Professor and Director of the Language, Policy and Planning Research Unit in the School of Welsh, Cardiff University, UK. He also holds Visiting Professorships at Aberdeen and UHI universities in the UK and the University of Primorska, Slovenia, and Western Ontario, Canada. He is a former member of the Welsh Language Board and serves as an advisor to government agencies in Europe and North America. His previous publications include Called Unto Liberty, Linguistic Minorities in Democratic Context and, as editor, Language Revitalization, Language and Governance, and with H.S. Thomas (joint editor) Parents, Personality and Power.