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Block, David; Corona, Victor – Language Policy, 2022
Language policy and planning (LPP) has always drawn on research and scholarship in education as well as the social sciences in general (in particular sociology). Social theory has also figured as an important source of ideas and concepts, and critical LPP has arisen as a distinct strand of inquiry since the 1980s (Tollefson, in Planning language,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Planning, Policy, Social Class
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Rex, John – Current Issues in Language and Society, 1998
Responds to an article by Strubell on "Language, Democracy, and Devolution in Catalonia," by suggesting that the Catalonian situation is a civic and inclusive nationalism that has an ethnic dimension (defined in linguistic terms). The paper discusses the general theory of nationalism and ethnicity, examines the case of Catalan, and…
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Dialects, Ethnicity, Foreign Countries
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Barbour, Stephen – Current Issues in Language and Society, 1998
Responds to an article by Strubell, "Language, Democracy, and Devolution in Catalonia," focusing on nationalism. After describing nationalism; nations and other communities; languages; and language, ethnic and national identity, and nationalism; the paper concludes that many factors give language a crucial place in nationalism in many…
Descriptors: Dialects, Ethnicity, Foreign Countries, Language Maintenance
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Chriost, Diarmait Mac Giolla – Current Issues in Language and Society, 1998
Responds to an article by Strubell, "Language, Democracy, and Devolution in Catalonia," noting the lack of congruence between the Catalan nation defined culturally and linguistically and Catalonia the polity. The paper examines nationalist discourse, identity, and evolution, and discusses the limits of devolution (borders and internal…
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Dialects, Ethnicity, Foreign Countries
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Haselbach, Dieter – Current Issues in Language and Society, 1998
Responds to an article by Strubell, "Language, Democracy, and Devolution in Catalonia," arguing that the nationalism that already exists is viewed as the norm and suggesting that the Catalan nationalism and its attempts at affirmative action are menacing. The paper worries that demographic realities might push Catalan nationalism into…
Descriptors: Demography, Dialects, Ethnicity, Foreign Countries
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O'Rourke, Bernadette – Language and Intercultural Communication, 2005
This paper looks at the degree and way in which lesser-used languages are used as expressions of identity, focusing specifically on two of Europe's lesser-used languages. The first is Irish, spoken in the Republic of Ireland and the second is Galician, spoken in the Autonomous Community of Galicia in the North-western part of Spain. The paper…
Descriptors: Language Attitudes, Ideology, Foreign Countries, Irish