Language Planning and Language Use

Delyth Morris; Glyn Williams

ISBN 10: 0708315798 / ISBN 13: 9780708315798

Published by University of Wales Press, 2000

About this Item

This is a detailed analysis of Welsh-language use, based on data collected in 1996. It is one of the first detailed empirical studies of a European minority language, and brings to the analysis an innovative and challenging blend of philosophy, sociolinguistics, history and economics.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Language Planning and Language Use
• Publisher: University of Wales Press
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0708315798
• ISBN 13: 9780708315798
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Brand New

About this title

Synopsis

This is a detailed analysis of Welsh-language use, based on data collected in 1996. It is one of the first detailed empirical studies of a European minority language, and brings to the analysis an innovative and challenging blend of philosophy, sociolinguistics, history and economics.

About the Authors

Delyth Morris is a senior lecturer in sociology and spatial policy at the School of Social Sciences at Bangor University.

Glyn Williams is Director of Research Centre Wales and Reader in Sociology at University of Wales Bangor. His many publications include The Welsh in Patagonia: The State and the Ethnic Community (UWP), Social and Cultural Change in Contemporary Wales, (Routledge and Kegan Paul), Sociolinguistics: A Sociological Critique, (Routledge), French Discourse Analysis: The Method of Poststructuralism. (Routledge).

Delyth Morris is Lecturer in Sociology and Social Policy at University of Wales Bangor and an Associate Director of Research Centre Wales. She has published on minority languages, gender, and economic restructuring in Wales.