{"product_id":"language-policy-and-territory-a-festschrift-for-colin-h-williams-9783030943455","title":"Language, Policy and Territory: A Festschrift for","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis volume celebrates the contribution of Professor Colin Williams, an immensely important and influential scholar in the field of language policy for more than forty years. Eighteen chapters by former students, colleagues and collaborators address a range of topics involving different aspects of language legislation and language rights, governance, economics, territoriality, land use planning, and onomastics. Six chapters address policy issues in Professor Williams’s native Wales while others focus on Canada, Catalonia, Ireland and Scotland. The volume concludes with an Afterword by Professor Williams himself. The book will be suitable for postgraduates and researchers not only in the field of language policy and planning but also sociolinguistics, geography, law and political science.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTables and figuresContributors1. Introduction (\u003ci\u003eWilson McLeod, Robert Dunbar, Kathryn Jones and John Walsh)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart I: Theorising language policy and regulation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2. Language policy as a form of public policy(\u003ci\u003eHuw Lewis and Elin Royles)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3. Language rights, human rights and the right to chat- \u003ci\u003eEmyr Lewis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4. Language and space: a new research agenda for urban geolinguistics- \u003ci\u003eBernadette O’Rourke \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5. Reflections on language as a vehicle of economic value- \u003ci\u003eFrançois Grin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003ePart II: Language policy challenges in Wales         \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e6. Language planning in Wales: Joining the dots- \u003ci\u003eMeirion Prys Jones\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e7. Recent legal developments in Wales: moving beyond individual to group rights?- \u003ci\u003eRobert Dunbar\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e8. Networked territories of language and nation- \u003ci\u003eRhys Jones \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e9. Placemaking: towards rethinking land-use planning and language planning for a thriving Welsh language- \u003ci\u003eKathryn Jones                                            \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e10. Signs of the times: Onomastics and language policy in Wales- \u003ci\u003eEleri Hedd James\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e11. Canolfannau Cymraeg – a top-down or bottom-up approach to language planning?- \u003ci\u003eSteve Morri\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart III: Language policy challenges in Canada\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e12. Best practices and language policy designs: lessons from Canada and Wales- \u003ci\u003eLinda Cardinal and Anastasia Llewellyn\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e13. F.R. Scott and the origins of language policy in Canada- \u003ci\u003eGraham Fraser\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e14. The uncertain future of French in Canada- \u003ci\u003eCharles Castonguay                                             \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e15. The planned decline of the English school system in Quebec- \u003ci\u003eRichard Y. Bourhis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003ePart IV: Language policy challenges in Ireland, Scotland and Catalonia\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e16. Changing spaces: the new geographies of the Gaeltacht and Irish language networks- \u003ci\u003eJohn Walsh        \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e17. Lessons learned, lessons ignored: The continuing road to an Irish Language Act in Northern Ireland- \u003ci\u003eJanet\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eMuller                           \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e18. The influence of Wales on policies for Gaelic in Scotland- \u003ci\u003eWilson McLeod\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e19. ‘Volunteering for the language in Catalonia’ (VxLl): more than a space for linguistic- \u003ci\u003emudes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMaite Puigdevall\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e 20. Afterword- \u003ci\u003eColin Williams\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Springer Nature Switzerland AG","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50470473662807,"sku":"9783030943455","price":113.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9783030943455.jpg?v=1744898433","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/language-policy-and-territory-a-festschrift-for-colin-h-williams-9783030943455","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}