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Language Policy and Nationalism in Wales: A Comparative Analysis
Author(s) -
Thomas Alys
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
nations and nationalism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.655
H-Index - 44
eISSN - 1469-8129
pISSN - 1354-5078
DOI - 10.1111/j.1354-5078.1997.00323.x
Subject(s) - welsh , nationalism , politics , language policy , context (archaeology) , proposition , accommodation , government (linguistics) , sociology , political science , minority language , political economy , linguistics , public administration , law , history , psychology , pedagogy , philosophy , archaeology , neuroscience
. This article is based on research conducted between 1987 and 1994. It argues that the Conservative government has increasingly used the Welsh language as an instrument of political accommodation within Wales which has served to highlight the complexity of the relationship between the aims of the language movement and the aspirations of nationalists. The comparative perspective explores the situation in Canada and the Republic of Ireland and considers the proposition that the ‘depoliticisation’ of language in the context of the politics of nationalism is beneficial to a minority language.