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Language, Policy and Territory

A Festschrift for Colin H. Williams

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Editors:
  1. Wilson McLeod

    1. Celtic and Scottish Studies, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK

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  2. Rob Dunbar

    1. Celtic and Scottish Studies, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK

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  3. Kathryn Jones

    1. IAITH: Y Ganolfan Cynllunio Iaith / Welsh Centre for Language Planning, Newcastle Emlyn, UK

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  4. John Walsh

    1. School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures, National University of Ireland, Galway, Galway, Ireland

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  • Considers the implications of place and space for the governance of language

  • Presents case studies on the relationship between language and geography and public policy

  • Examines a variety of state and sub-state settings across a range of weak and strong minority languages

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Table of contents (20 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Introduction

    • Wilson McLeod, Robert Dunbar, Kathryn Jones, John Walsh
    Pages 1-15

  3. Theorising Language Policy and Regulation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 17-17
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    2. Examining the Political Origins of Language Policies

      • Huw Lewis, Elin Royles
      Pages 19-37

    3. Language Rights, Human Rights and the Right to Chat

      • Emyr Lewis
      Pages 39-60

    4. Language and Space: A New Research Agenda in Minority Language Sociolinguistics

      • Bernadette O’Rourke
      Pages 61-80

    5. Reflections on Language as a Vehicle of Economic Value

      • François Grin
      Pages 81-96

  5. Language Policy Challenges in Canada

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 221-221
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    2. Best Practices and Language Policy Designs: Lessons from Canada and Wales

      • Linda Cardinal, Anastasia Llewellyn
      Pages 223-236

    3. F.R. Scott and the Origins of Language Policy in Canada

      • Graham Fraser
      Pages 237-255

    4. French in Canada: An Uncertain Future

      • Charles Castonguay
      Pages 257-275

    5. Group Vitality, Language Policies and the French and English-Speaking Communities of Quebec

      • Richard Y. Bourhis
      Pages 277-302

  6. Language Policy Challenges in Ireland, Scotland and Catalonia

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 303-303
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About this book

This volume celebrates the contribution of Professor Colin Williams, an immensely important and influential scholar in the field of language policy for more than forty years. Eighteen chapters by former students, colleagues and collaborators address a range of topics involving different aspects of language legislation and language rights, governance, economics, territoriality, land use planning, and onomastics. Six chapters address policy issues in Professor Williams’s native Wales while others focus on Canada, Catalonia, Ireland and Scotland. The volume concludes with an Afterword by Professor Williams himself. The book will be suitable for postgraduates and researchers not only in the field of language policy and planning but also sociolinguistics, geography, law and political science.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Celtic and Scottish Studies, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK

    Wilson McLeod, Rob Dunbar

  • IAITH: Y Ganolfan Cynllunio Iaith / Welsh Centre for Language Planning, Newcastle Emlyn, UK

    Kathryn Jones

  • School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures, National University of Ireland, Galway, Galway, Ireland

    John Walsh

About the editors

Wilson McLeod is Professor of Gaelic at the University of Edinburgh, UK. Author of Gaelic in Scotland: Policies, Movements, Ideologies (2020) and co-editor of Language Revitalisation and Social Transformation (Palgrave Macmillan, 2021).

Robert Dunbar is Professor of Celtic at the University of Edinburgh, UK. He has published widely on language law and policy, and is regularly consulted by international organisations, governments and NGOs on these issues.

Kathryn Jones is Managing Director of IAITH: Y Ganolfan Cynllunio Iaith / Welsh Centre for Language Planning. She is co-editor of Multilingual Literacies: Reading and Writing Different Worlds (2001).

John Walsh is Senior Lecturer in Irish at the National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland. He is co-author with Bernadette O’Rourke of New Speakers of Irish in the Global Context: New Revival? (2020).

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Language, Policy and Territory

  • Book Subtitle: A Festschrift for Colin H. Williams

  • Editors: Wilson McLeod, Rob Dunbar, Kathryn Jones, John Walsh

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-94346-2

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-94345-5Published: 08 July 2022

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-94348-6Published: 09 July 2023

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-94346-2Published: 07 July 2022

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 433

  • Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations, 9 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Language Policy and Planning, Modern Languages, Sociolinguistics, Public Policy, Cultural Geography

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