Discourse and Struggle in Minority Language Policy Formation Corsican Language Policy in the EU Context of Governance

The author presents a new approach to the study of language policy, by focusing on language policy formation and implementation as a dynamic, conflict-laden process involving the interaction of various actors with different motivations and uneven bargaining powers, rather than as a product , examinable post hoc from existing language legislation.

Series Editor's Preface Acknowledgements/Remerciements List of Acronyms Preface Introduction Theoretical Frameworks and Methodological Implications - Regional and Minority Language Politics and Policy-making in the EU The EU Sociolinguistic Regimes: Community Official and/or Working Languages, Education and Culture The EU's RML Policy Network: Legal Governing and Governance Politics Language, Nation and State in French Linguistic Nationalism: History, Developments, Perspectives Unity and Diversity in Corsica: Patterns of Identity and Political Separatism From One Diglossic Situation to Another: Ideological and Sociolinguistic Change in Modernising Corsica (1769-1974) Language Institutionalisation, Language Policy Network and Language Use in contemporary Corsica (1974-2004) Language Ideologies, Language Planning and Language Attitudes in Contemporary Corsica General Conclusion References Index

Gabrielle Hogan-Brun is Senior Research Fellow at the University of Bristol, UK. Her research fields are migration and multilingualism, language ideologies, language policy, with particular focus on Central and Eastern Europe. Among her publications are the co-authored monograph Language Policies and Practices in the Baltic States, the co-edited books Discourses on Language and Integration: Critical Perspectives on Language Testing Regimes in Europe, and Minority Languages in Europe: Frameworks - Status – Prospects. She is Founding Editor of the book series Palgrave Studies in Minority Languages and Communities, and Co-Editor of the journal Current Issues in Language Planning.