Linguistic Minorities, Society and Territory (Multilingual Matters)

Cover......Page 1
MULTILINGUAL MATTERS 78......Page 2
Copyright © 1991......Page 3
Contents......Page 4
Preface and Acknowledgements......Page 6
1 Linguistic Minorities: West European and Canadian Perspectives......Page 8
2 Geographical Aspects of Minority Language Situations in Italy......Page 51
3 Defining the Gaeltacht: Dilemmas in Irish Language Planning......Page 73
4 The Geolinguistics of Breton......Page 103
5 Language-Retreat and Regeneration in the Present-Day Scottish Gàidhealtachd......Page 128
6 An Essay in Historical Geolinguistics: Gaelic Speaking in Urban Lowland Scotland in 1891......Page 159
7 What Future for Scotland's Gaelic-Speaking Communities?......Page 182
8 Bicultural Conflict in the Context of the Core-Periphery Model......Page 229
9 The Spatial Organisation of Language in Canada, 1981......Page 257
10 Gaelic in Nova Scotia......Page 279
11 Language Made Visible: Representation in Geolinguistics......Page 308
12 Conclusion: Sound Language Planning is Holistic in Nature......Page 325
Appendix......Page 333
Index......Page 334