Regional Nationalism in Spain - Language Use and Ethnic Identity in Galicia

This book is about linguistic diversity and language revitalisation in Galicia, an autochthonous region of Spain. Taking historical and linguistic perspectives, it examines societal language use and institutional support to determine the role of the Galician language and loyalty and prestige factors in expressions of ethnic identity.

About the author

Jaine Beswick is Lecturer in Linguistics, with a speciality in Spanish and Portuguese, at the University of Southampton, UK. She is an experienced teacher of sociolinguistics, phonetics and phonology and dialectology at both undergraduate and graduate level, and she is fluent in Spanish, Portuguese, Galician and French. She has published various papers on Galician and Portuguese sociolinguistics, and is currently heading two projects on Galician and Portuguese migrations to the UK.

Product details

• Authors: Jaine E. Beswick
• Publisher: Multilingual Matters
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.07.2007
• EAN: 9781853599804
• ISBN: 978-1-85359-980-4
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 161 mm x 240 mm x 23 mm
• Weight: 669 g
• Series: Linguistic Diversity and Langu; Linguistic Diversity and Language Rights; Linguistic Diversity and Langu
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures