A second edition of any book that has 'Rethinking'in its title is vulnerable to two potentially
disconcerting responses. The first of these is the expectation that it will offer a re-rethinking …

Several of Europe's long-disadvantaged minority languages have been revitalized of late
and their speakers, as active citizens, play a more integral role in the construction of a …

This book has had a long germination process, the seeds being initially sown in 2005, when
I was awarded a grant 1 from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) for a …

Page 1 Language, Borders and Identity Edited by Dominic Watt and Carmen Llamas Page 2
Language, Borders and Identity Page 3 LANGUAGE, BORDERS AND IDENTITY Edited by …

The Welsh language, which is indigenous to Wales, is one of six Celtic languages. It is
spoken by 562,000 speakers, 19% of the population of Wales, according to the 2011 UK …

In this paper, I examine how language policy acts as a means of both empowering the
Welsh language and the minority language worker and as a means of exerting power over …

Devolution, or home rule, is the transfer of power from a more centralized form of
government to one that is of a local or regional nature. This book-length study examines the …

Language policy issues are imbued with a powerful symbolism that is often linked to
questions of identity, with the suppression or failure to recognise and support a given …

'New speakers' is a term used to describe those who have learnt a minority language not
within their home or community settings, but through bilingual education, immersion or …

This article reports on a study of two contrasting secondary schools, serving the same
'community'in south-west Wales; a bilingual school (Welsh and English) and an English …