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Record Nr.

UNINA9910337708103321

Autore

Jones Rhys

Titolo

New Geographies of Language : Language, Culture and Politics in Wales / / by Rhys Jones, Huw Lewis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2019

ISBN

9781137426116

113742611X

Edizione

[1st ed. 2019.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (383 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Palgrave Studies in Minority Languages and Communities, , 2947-5899

Disciplina

306.4409429

Soggetti

Language policy

Sociolinguistics

Human geography

Europe - Politics and government

Political planning

Language Policy and Planning

Human Geography

European Politics

Public Policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1: Introducing the geographies of languages -- Chapter 2: Charting the new the geographies of languages -- Chapter 3: Wales and the Welsh language: setting the context -- Chapter 4: The geographies of language ability -- Chapter 5: Making sense of language use -- Chapter 6: The geographies of language policy in Wales -- Chapter 7: Languages and institutional geographies -- Chapter 8: Conclusions.

Sommario/riassunto

This book develops a novel approach to the study of language, bringing it into dialogue with the latest geographical concepts and concerns and provides a comprehensive account of the geography of Welsh language analysing policy development, language use, ability and shift. The authors examine in particular: the different ways in which languages can be mapped; how geographical insights can be used to develop



understandings of language use; the value of assemblage theory as a way of interpreting the social, technical and spatial aspects of language policy development; and the geographies that characterise institutional engagements with languages. This book will set a research agenda for the geographical study of language, developing a conceptual framework that will offer fresh insights to researchers in the fields of Applied Linguistics, Sociolinguistics, Minority Languages, Geolinguistics, and Public Policy. Rhys Jones is Professor of Human Geographyat Aberystwyth University, UK Huw Lewis is Lecturer in International Politics at Aberystwyth University, UK.