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Publication details [#51379]

Williams, Eddie. 2009. Language attitudes and identity in a North Wales town: “something different about Caernarfon”? International Journal of the Sociology of Language 2009 (195) : 63–91.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

conflict | diglossia | identity negotiation | language attitude | language policy

Language as a subject

English, British | Welsh

Place, Publisher

De Gruyter

Journal WWW

www.degruyter.com/journal/key/IJSL/html

Annotation

This study argues that whilst the role of the Welsh language in Welsh identity construction is equivocal, Welsh speakers in the Welsh heartland town of Caernarfon contest hitherto English domains, in line with conflict theory. It then explores the implications of these findings for the language policy of the Welsh Assembly Government.