Galician and Irish in the European Context: Attitudes Towards Weak and Strong Minority Languages (Palgrave Studies in Minority Languages and Communities)

An exploration of the role of language attitudes and ideologies in predicting the survival prospects of a minority language. It 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. What Can Language Attitudes, Ideologies And Beliefs Tell Us About The Survival Of A Minority Language? The Book Examines This Question In Relation To Irish In The Republic Of Ireland And Galician In North-western Spain And In Bringing These Two Languages Together, Offers The First Systematic Study Of This Minority Language Pair. The Book Begins With A Thorough Review Of Relevant Theoretical Debates, Followed By An Analysis Of The Socio-historical Factors Which Led To The Stigmatization And 'minorization' Of These Two Languages. It Looks Comparatively At The Role Of Language Policy In Attempting To Reverse These Processes, Drawing On Existing Attitudinal Research, As Well The Author's Own Cross-national Study Of Young People's Language Attitudes. Through Its Comparative Approach, The Book Provides A Fresh Perspective On The Irish And Galician Contexts. It Gives New Insights Into The Factors Affecting Attitudes Towards Minority Languages More Generally And Will Be Of Interest To Language Planners, Educators And Policy-makers--publisher Description, P. [4] Of Cover. The Early Years Of Galician Language Policy -- Survey Research On Irish -- Survey Research On Galician -- Theoretical Considerations In Irish And Galician Survey Research -- Attitudes Towards Irish -- Attitudes Towards Galician -- Who Favours These Languages Most? -- Language Attitudes As Predictors Of Language Use -- Exploring The Mismatch Between Attitudes And Use -- Concluding Remarks -- 5. A Cross-national Study Of Young People's Attitudes -- Introduction -- Choice Of Respondents -- Profile Of Irish And Galician Students -- Young People's Attitudes To Irish And Galician -- Attitudes To The Societal Presence Of The Minority Language -- Attitudes Towards Language And Identity -- Variations In Language Attitudes -- Explaining Differences Across Contexts -- Concluding Remarks. Bernadette O'rourke. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [160]-178) And Index. 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. What can language attitudes, ideologies and beliefs tell us about the survival of a minority language? The book examines this question in relation to Irish in the Republic of Ireland and Galician in north-western Spain and in bringing these two languages together, offers the first systematic study of this minority language pair. The book begins with a thorough review of relevant theoretical debates, followed by an analysis of the socio-historical factors which led to the stigmatisation and 'minorization' of these two languages. It looks comparatively at the role of language policy in attempting to reverse these processes, drawing on existing attitudinal research, as well the author's own cross-national study of young people's language attitudes. Through its comparative approach, the book provides a fresh perspective on the Irish and Galician contexts. It gives new insights into the factors affecting attitudes towards minority languages more generally and will be of interest to language planners, educators and policy makers