Language, Policy and Territory

Tables and figuresContributors1. Introduction (Wilson McLeod, Robert Dunbar, Kathryn Jones and John Walsh)

Part I: Theorising language policy and regulation

2. Language policy as a form of public policy(Huw Lewis and Elin Royles)

3. Language rights, human rights and the right to chat- Emyr Lewis

4. Language and space: a new research agenda for urban geolinguistics- Bernadette O'Rourke 

5. Reflections on language as a vehicle of economic value- François Grin

Part II: Language policy challenges in Wales         

6. Language planning in Wales: Joining the dots- Meirion Prys Jones

7. Recent legal developments in Wales: moving beyond individual to group rights?- Robert Dunbar

8. Networked territories of language and nation- Rhys Jones 

9. Placemaking: towards rethinking land-use planning and language planning for a thriving Welsh language- Kathryn Jones                                            

10. Signs of the times: Onomastics and language policy in Wales- Eleri Hedd James

11. Canolfannau Cymraeg - a top-down or bottom-up approach to language planning?- Steve Morri

Part III: Language policy challenges in Canada

12. Best practices and language policy designs: lessons from Canada and Wales- Linda Cardinal and Anastasia Llewellyn

13. F.R. Scott and the origins of language policy in Canada- Graham Fraser

14. The uncertain future of French in Canada- Charles Castonguay                                             

15. The planned decline of the English school system in Quebec- Richard Y.

Wilson McLeod is Professor of Gaelic at the University of Edinburgh, UK. Author of Gaelic in Scotland: Policies, Movements, Ideologies (2020) and co-editor of Language Revitalisation and Social Transformation (Palgrave Macmillan, 2021).