04676nam 2200793 a 450 991095444320332120240516010623.09786610935000978128093500812809350069781853599330185359933610.21832/9781853599330(CKB)1000000000337007(EBL)307306(OCoLC)476087441(SSID)ssj0000203386(PQKBManifestationID)11174120(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000203386(PQKBWorkID)10258877(PQKB)10598286(MiAaPQ)EBC307306(DE-B1597)513576(OCoLC)1078912100(DE-B1597)9781853599330(Au-PeEL)EBL307306(CaPaEBR)ebr10189012(CaONFJC)MIL93500(Perlego)969921(EXLCZ)99100000000033700720060707d2007 uy 0engurnn#---|u||utxtccrMinority languages and cultural diversity in Europe Gaelic and Sorbian perspectives /Konstanze Glaser1st ed.Clevedon [England] ;Buffalo [NY] Multilingual Mattersc20071 online resource (415 p.)Linguistic diversity and language rights ;3Description based upon print version of record.9781853599323 1853599328 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front matter --Contents --Series Editor’s Foreword --Acknowledgements --Abbreviations and Coding --Chapter 1: Introduction --Chapter 2: Ethnocultural Minorities in Europe: The Political Context --Chapter 3: Multilingualism as Premise of Cultural Diversity: Theories on Language, Thought and Culture from the Enlightenment to the Present --Chapter 4: Gaelic in Scotland --Chapter 5: Sorbian in Lusatia --Chapter 6: Language Metaphysics on the Ground: Gaelic and Sorbian in Relation to Thought, Culture and Self --Chapter 7: Narratives of Continuity: Language as a Unifier --Chapter 8: The (Re)Production of Difference: Language as Source of Social Boundaries --Chapter 9: Conclusion --Bibliography --Appendix A: Scotland and Ireland from a Gaelic perspective --Appendix B: Shares of Gaelic speakers in local populations (parish-level) in 2001 --Appendix C: Slavic territories to the west of the River Oder in the 10th and 11th centuries --Appendix D: Areas with significant numbers of Sorbian/Wendish speakers (1999) --Appendix E: Gaelic-related Questionnaire (English version) --Appendix F: Sorbian-related Questionnaire (German version) --IndexTo what extent is linguistic continuity a prerequisite for ethno-cultural survival? Focusing on the Gaelic community in Scotland and the Sorbs of Lusatia, this study illuminates core assumptions and rationales in relation to minority language revitalisation ideologies in Scotland and Germany and shows how they have been affected by assimilation processes arising from modernisation and globalisation. A thorough review of relevant theoretical debates is followed by a presentation of historical contexts and a detailed analysis of contemporary discourses about bilingualism, cultural difference and ethno-cultural belonging within the Gaelic and Sorbian communities. Drawing on more than 100 interviews, a questionnaire survey and a wide range of comments by Gaelic and Sorbian speakers in the media, the author identifies current ideological faultlines in Gaelic and Sorbian activist circles and argues that minority language planners must critically engage with competing theoretical paradigms if revitalisation efforts are to be successful.Linguistic diversity and language rights ;3.Linguistic minoritiesEuropeNationalismEuropeLanguage and cultureEuropeThought and thinkingScottish Gaelic languageHistorySorbian languagesHistoryLinguistic minoritiesNationalismLanguage and cultureThought and thinking.Scottish Gaelic languageHistory.Sorbian languagesHistory.305.7094Glaser Konstanze1968-1806762MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910954443203321Minority languages and cultural diversity in Europe4356125UNINA