LEADER 04562nam 2200745 a 450 001 9910816928203321 005 20240516010623.0 010 $a1-280-93500-6 010 $a9786610935000 010 $a1-85359-933-6 024 7 $a10.21832/9781853599330 035 $a(CKB)1000000000337007 035 $a(EBL)307306 035 $a(OCoLC)476087441 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000203386 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11174120 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000203386 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10258877 035 $a(PQKB)10598286 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC307306 035 $a(DE-B1597)513576 035 $a(OCoLC)1078912100 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781853599330 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL307306 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10189012 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL93500 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000337007 100 $a20060707d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aMinority languages and cultural diversity in Europe $eGaelic and Sorbian perspectives /$fKonstanze Glaser 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aClevedon [England] ;$aBuffalo [NY] $cMultilingual Matters$dc2007 215 $a1 online resource (415 p.) 225 1 $aLinguistic diversity and language rights ;$v3 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a1-85359-932-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tSeries Editor?s Foreword --$tAcknowledgements --$tAbbreviations and Coding --$tChapter 1: Introduction --$tChapter 2: Ethnocultural Minorities in Europe: The Political Context --$tChapter 3: Multilingualism as Premise of Cultural Diversity: Theories on Language, Thought and Culture from the Enlightenment to the Present --$tChapter 4: Gaelic in Scotland --$tChapter 5: Sorbian in Lusatia --$tChapter 6: Language Metaphysics on the Ground: Gaelic and Sorbian in Relation to Thought, Culture and Self --$tChapter 7: Narratives of Continuity: Language as a Unifier --$tChapter 8: The (Re)Production of Difference: Language as Source of Social Boundaries --$tChapter 9: Conclusion --$tBibliography --$tAppendix A: Scotland and Ireland from a Gaelic perspective --$tAppendix B: Shares of Gaelic speakers in local populations (parish-level) in 2001 --$tAppendix C: Slavic territories to the west of the River Oder in the 10th and 11th centuries --$tAppendix D: Areas with significant numbers of Sorbian/Wendish speakers (1999) --$tAppendix E: Gaelic-related Questionnaire (English version) --$tAppendix F: Sorbian-related Questionnaire (German version) --$tIndex 330 $aTo what extent is linguistic continuity a prerequisite for ethno-cultural survival? Focusing on the Gaelic community in Scotland and the Sorbs of Lusatia, this study illuminates core assumptions and rationales in relation to minority language revitalisation ideologies in Scotland and Germany and shows how they have been affected by assimilation processes arising from modernisation and globalisation. A thorough review of relevant theoretical debates is followed by a presentation of historical contexts and a detailed analysis of contemporary discourses about bilingualism, cultural difference and ethno-cultural belonging within the Gaelic and Sorbian communities. Drawing on more than 100 interviews, a questionnaire survey and a wide range of comments by Gaelic and Sorbian speakers in the media, the author identifies current ideological faultlines in Gaelic and Sorbian activist circles and argues that minority language planners must critically engage with competing theoretical paradigms if revitalisation efforts are to be successful. 410 0$aLinguistic diversity and language rights ;$v3. 606 $aLinguistic minorities$zEurope 606 $aNationalism$zEurope 606 $aLanguage and culture$zEurope 606 $aThought and thinking 606 $aScottish Gaelic language$xHistory 606 $aSorbian languages$xHistory 615 0$aLinguistic minorities 615 0$aNationalism 615 0$aLanguage and culture 615 0$aThought and thinking. 615 0$aScottish Gaelic language$xHistory. 615 0$aSorbian languages$xHistory. 676 $a305.7094 700 $aGlaser$b Konstanze$f1968-$01673696 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910816928203321 996 $aMinority languages and cultural diversity in Europe$94037971 997 $aUNINA