Glaser Minority Languages and Cultural Diversity in Europe

Gaelic and Sorbian Perspectives
1. Auflage 2007
ISBN: 978-1-85359-933-0
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 416 Seiten, Format (B × H): 149 mm x 210 mm

Reihe: Linguistic Diversity and Language Rights

This book engages critically with debates about linguistic continuity and cultural survival in relation to Europe's authochthonous minorities. Focusing on Scotland's Gaels and Lusatia's Sorbs/Wends, it analyses and evaluates competing assumptions, rationales and ideologies which have shaped previous and present language revitalisation initiatives.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Glaser, Konstanze

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Soziolinguistik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1 Introduction
2 Ethnocultural Minorities in Europe: The Political Context
3 Multilingualism as Premise of Cultural Diversity: Theories on Language, Thought and Culture from the Enlightenment to the Present
4 Gaelic in Scotland
5 Sorbian in Lusatia
6 Language Metaphysics on the Ground: Gaelic and Sorbian in Relation to Thought, Culture and Self
7 Narratives of Continuity: Language as a Unifier
8 The (Re)Production of Difference: Language as Source of Social Boundaries
9 Conclusion
Bibliography
Appendix

Über Autor(innen)

Glaser Konstanze:
Konstanze Glaser is an Associate Lecturer for the Open University and also works as a freelance translator and researcher. Her academic interests range from contact linguistics, intercultural communication and the (re)production of ethnolinguistic identities to multiculturalism, identity politics and new social movements more generally.Konstanze Glaser is an Associate Lecturer for the Open University and also works as a freelance translator. Her research interests range from contact linguistics, intercultural communication and the (re)production of ethnolinguistic identities to multiculturalism, identity politics and new social movements more generally.