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Language and Conflict in Northern Ireland and Canada : A Silent War / by J. Muller.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Muller, Janet, 1957-
- Series:
- Palgrave Studies in Minority Languages and Communities, 2947-5899
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- International relations.
- Sociolinguistics.
- Language and languages--Style.
- Language and languages.
- International Relations.
- Stylistics.
- Local Subjects:
- International Relations.
- Sociolinguistics.
- Stylistics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (296 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2010.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In a unique contribution to understanding the interaction of language policy and planning in modern conflict resolution, Janet Muller provides an insider account of the search for improved status for the Irish language in Northern Ireland from the 1980s.
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Abstract; Introduction; 1 A Silent War: Conflict Resolution and Language Policy and Planning in the North of Ireland and Quebec/Canada; 2 The Irish Language in the North of Ireland: Statistics; 3 The Irish Language and the Good Friday Agreement; 4 The Ratification and Application of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages; 5 Irish Language Broadcasting since the Good Friday Agreement: Sop in áit na scuaibe? Sword or Ploughshare?; 6 The British Government Commitment to Enact the Irish Language Act
- 7 The Submissions of the Political Parties to the First Public Consultation on Proposed Irish Language Legislation for NI8 Submissions from Key Public Bodies and a 20 per cent Sample of Individual Responses to the Public Consultation on the Proposed Irish Language Legislation; 9 Quebec v. the Rest in the Twenty-First Century: Coming-of-Age, or Losing the Plot?; Conclusions; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786612911477
- 9781282911475
- 1282911473
- 9780230281677
- 0230281672
- OCLC:
- 649366288
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