h/b pp304 Jan 2000 ISBN 0-7083-1579-8
‘Mae’r llyfr hwn yn sicr yn un o’r llyfrau mwyaf
dadleuol a heriol a gafwyd ar gynllunio iaith yng Nghymru . . . ceir yma gyfoeth
o bwyntiau dadleuol, o ystadegau dadlennol ac o ddamcaniaethau beiddgar a fydd
wrth fodd y sawl sy’n ymwneud â chynllunio iaith yng Nghymru.’ (Taliesin)
‘Does dim dwywaith bod y llyfr hwn yn gyfraniad pwysig iawn i faes hybu ieithoedd llai eu defnydd . . . ’ (Barn)
This volume is a pioneering empirical survey of Welsh language use and a penetrating analysis of political and policy issues relating to language planning.
The authors provide an introduction to the concept and practice of language use surveys. There is an in-depth discussion of the theoretical basis for such studies; the methodologies, including sampling and data collection; language planning issues; the Welsh Language Act 1993 and the role of the Welsh Language Board; and a comprehensive study of current patterns of Welsh language use in the family, community, education and work, together with public attitudes towards Welsh. The concluding chapter examines minority languages in the context of global development.
Language Planning and Language Use is one of the first detailed empirical studies of a European minority language and brings to the analysis an innovative and challenging blend of philosophy, sociolinguistics, history and economics.
Glyn Williams is Director of Research Centre Wales and Reader in Sociology at University of Wales Bangor. His many publications include The Welsh in Patagonia: The State and the Ethnic Community (UWP), Social and Cultural Change in Contemporary Wales, (Routledge and Kegan Paul), Sociolinguistics: A Sociological Critique, (Routledge), French Discourse Analysis: The Method of Poststructuralism. (Routledge).
Delyth Morris is Lecturer in Sociology and Social Policy at University of Wales Bangor and an Associate Director of Research Centre Wales. She has published on minority languages, gender, and economic restructuring in Wales.