Minority Languages and Cultural Diversity in Europe : Gaelic and Sorbian Perspectives.
Title:
Minority Languages and Cultural Diversity in Europe : Gaelic and Sorbian Perspectives.
Author:
Glaser, Konstanze.
ISBN:
9781853599330
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (415 pages)
Series:
Linguistic Diversity and Language Rights
Contents:
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.
Abstract:
Combines a theoretical understanding of minority languages and associated language rights, alongside an examination of two particular European minority language communities. This book explores contemporary ethnocultural minority agendas in Europe, and covers key aspects of Europe's least explored "linguistic cultures" such as Gaelic and Sorbian.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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