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Minority languages and group identity : cases and categories / John Edwards

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co, c2010

Online Ressource (ix, 231 p.) : map.

Englisch

Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on print version record

Erscheint auch als: Edwards, John R : Minority languages and group identity. - Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co, ©2010 (Druck-Ausgabe)

978-90-272-8868-4 (electronic bk.); 90-272-8868-2 (electronic bk.); 90-272-1866-8 (hb : alk. paper); 978-90-272-1866-7 (hb : alk. paper)

90-272-1866-8 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 978-90-272-1866-7 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 1-282-48497-4 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 978-1-282-48497-9 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 9786612484971 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 6612484977 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 978-90-272-1866-7 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 978-90-272-1866-7 (ISBN der Printausgabe)

OCoLC: 593240235 (aus SWB)     

Online-Ausg.

Elektronische Ressource: Zugang über Aggregator-Datenbank (Lizenzangabe: Lizenzpflichtig)

P40.5.L56

306.44     Ähnliche Literatur

bisacsh: LAN009050 ; bicssc: CFB ; bisacsh: LAN 009050

LOC-SH: Linguistic minorities ; Language attrition

Electronic books ; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES ; Linguistics ; Sociolinguistics ; Language attrition ; Linguistic minorities ; Sprachkontakt ; Sprachliche Minderheit ; Gruppenidentität ; Sprachkonflikt

Minority Languages and Group Identity; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Dedication page; Table of contents; An introductory overview; Languages in contact and conflict I; Languages in contact and conflict II; Parochialism and intercourse; Towards a typology of minority-language settings; Irish; Gaelic in Scotland; Gaelic in Nova Scotia; Esperanto; Epilogue; References; Index; The series IMPACT: Studies in language and society.

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The central concern in this book is the relationship between language and group identity, a relationship that is thrown into greatest relief in 'minority' settings. Since much of the current interest in minority languages revolves around issues of identity politics, language rights and the plight of 'endangered' languages, one aim of the book is to summarise and analyse these and other pivotal themes. Furthermore, since the uniqueness of every language-contact situation does not rest upon unique elements or features - but, rather, upon the particular weightings and combinations of features tha