Linguistic Policies and the Survival of Regional Languages in France and Britain

Acknowledgements Series Editor's Preface Introduction PART 1: THE RISE OF FRENCH AND ENGLISH AND THE DESTRUCTION OF THE REGIONAL LANGUAGES The Rise of French as an Official National Language The Rise of English as an Official Language PART 2: THE REGIONAL LANGUAGE SPOKEN IN METROPOLITAN FRANCE: GENERAL PRESENTATION Regional Languages Official Elsewhere: Basque, Catalan, Flemish and Alsatian Regional Languages Not Official Elsewhere: Breton, Corsican, Franco-Provençal, Occitan and the Langues d'oIl Revitalising the Regional Languages of France PART 3: THE REGIONAL LANGUAGES OF BRITAIN: GENERAL PRESENTATION The Regional Languages of England and Wales: Welsh and Cornish The Regional Languages of Scotland: Scottish Gaelic and Scots The Regional Languages of Northern Ireland: Irish and Ulster Scots Conclusion Bibliography Index index