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McDermott, Philip. 2019. From ridicule to legitimacy? ‘Contested languages’ and devolved language planning. Current Issues in Language Planning 20 (2) : 121–139.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Place, Publisher
Routledge

Annotation

This article explores to what level devolution in Scotland and Northern Ireland has bettered the status of Scots and Ulster-Scots (minority vernaculars with ‘contested’ linguistic status) in areas like broadcasting, education, and the arts. Whilst supporters in both regions carry on to advocate better policy coverage, changes since 1999 elucidate how the devolved administrations have eased incremental shift and evolving policy.