Fourth International Conference on Minority Languages: Volume 2: Western and Eastern European Papers

A compilation of papers taken from the Fourth International Conference on Minority Languages. While the first volume focused on the more theoretically orientated papers, this volume emphasizes the inventorial or descriptive approach. Cover......Page 1 Halftitle......Page 2 Multilingual Matters Series......Page 3 Title......Page 4 ISBN 1-85359-111-4......Page 5 Contents......Page 6 Preface......Page 8 1 The Reformation and the Vernacular......Page 11 2 Characterising a Minority Language: A Social Psychological Comparison between Dutch, Frisian and the Ljouwert Vernacular......Page 21 3 Sweden Finnish Development or Deterioration?......Page 31 4 Flemish Primary Schools in Brussels: Which Prospects?......Page 53 5 Language Conservancy or: Can the Anciently Established British Minority Languages Survive?......Page 63 6 Language-maintenance and Viability in the Contemporary Scottish Gaelic Speech-community: Some Social and Demographic Factors......Page 79 7 Migrant Pupils: Welsh Linguistic Implications......Page 101 8 Minority Languages in Spain......Page 113 9 A Demolinguistic Analysis of the Basque Autonomous Community Derived from the Census of 1986......Page 125 10 'Our Dialect Sounds Stupid': The Importance of Attitudes to So-called Sub-standard Language Codes as a Factor in the(Non) Retention of Slovene in Carinthia, Austria......Page 145 11 National Minority Languages in Media and Education in Poland (A Preliminary Report)......Page 159 12 The Siberian Estonians and Language Policy......Page 185 13 The Use and Integration of Hebrew Lexemes in Israeli Spoken Arabic......Page 191 Contents of Volume I......Page 206 Index......Page 207 The theme of this Conference was 'Comparative Research on Minority Languages and the Development of Theories'. This volume concentrates on comparative research regarding minority languages and on the development of theories in this field. This second volume of papers from the Fourth International Conference on Minority Languages emphasises the inventorial or descriptive approach, whereas the more theoretically oriented papers were published in Volume I.