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Adopting a post-structuralist approach in analyzing the Euromosaic data about European minority language groups, Glyn Williams argues that different states construct minority language groups and speakers in different ways. This leads to an argument about the nature of democracy and how the current changes in governmental discourses accommodate linguistic and cultural diversity.
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Sustaining Language Diversity in Europe Evidence from the Euromosaic Project Glyn Williams Palgrave Studies in Minority Languages and Communities Titles include: Glyn Williams SUSTAINING LANGUAGE DIVERSITY IN EUROPE Evidence from the Euromosaic project Forthcoming titles: Anne Judge LANGUAGE POLICIES IN FRANCE AND BRITAIN Máiréad Nic Craith EUROPE AND THE POLITICS OF LANGUAGE Vanessa Pupavac LANGUAGE RIGHTS IN CONFLICT Palgrave Studies in Minority Languages and Communities Series Standing Order ISBN 1–4039–3732–X (Outside North America Only) You can receive future titles in this series as they are published by placing a standing order. Please contact your bookseller or, in case of difficulty, write to us at the address below with your name and address, the title of the series and the ISBN quoted above. Customer Services Department, Macmillan Distribution Ltd, Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS, England Also by Glyn Williams THE DESERT AND THE DREAM: The Welsh Colonisation of Chubut, 1865–1915 THE WELSH SETTLEMENT IN PATAGONIA: A Bibliographic Review THE WELSH IN PATAGONIA: The State and the Ethnic Community SOCIAL AND CULTURAL CHANGE IN CONTEMPORARY WALES CRISIS OF ECONOMY AND IDEOLOGY: Essays on Welsh Society, 1840–1980 THE SOCIOLOGY OF WELSH SOCIOLINGUISTICS: A Sociological Critique EUROMOSAIC: The Production and Reproduction of Minority Language Groups in the European Union FRENCH DISCOURSE ANALYSIS: The Theory and Method of Post-Structuralism LANGUAGE USE AND LANGUAGE PLANNING: Welsh in a Global Age Sustaining Language Diversity in Europe Evidence from the Euromosaic Project Glyn Williams © Glyn Williams 2005 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No paragraph of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, 90 Tottenham Court Road, London, W1T 4LP. Any person who does any unauthorised act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The author has asserted his right to be identified as the author of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published 2005 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS and 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010 Companies and representatives throughout the world PALGRAVE MACMILLAN is the global academic imprint of the Palgrave Macmillan division of St. Martin’s Press, LLC and of Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. Macmillan® is a registered trademark in the United States, United Kingdom and other countries. Palgrave is a registered trademark in the European Union and other countries. ISBN-13: 978–1–4039–9816–3 hardback ISBN-10: 1–4039–9816–7 hardback This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Williams, Glyn, 1939– Sustaining language diversity in Europe : evidence from the Euromosaic Project / Glyn Williams. p. cm. – (palgrave studies in minority languages and communities) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 1–4039–9816–7 (cloth) 1.