Galician and Irish in the European Context: Attitudes Towards Weak and Strong Minority Languages

by Bernadette O'Rourke

Book Overview

An exploration of the role of language attitudes and ideologies in predicting the survival prospects of a minority language. The author examines this role through a cross-national comparative analysis of Irish in the Republic of Ireland and Galician in the Autonomous Community of Galicia in north-west Spain.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0230574033
• ISBN13: 9780230574038
• Release Date: December 2010
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 185 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.7" x 8.7"