Minority Languages and Cultural Diversity in Europe

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The English-speaking world has needed a book along these lines for a long time and this is a very ambitious one. The Sorbs and the Gaels allow us to reflect on minority issues from an Eastern and a Western angle. What are the differences? I hope this text will help readers of all backgrounds understand the desire of minorities to maintain their cultures and identities, and how important a contribution marginalised groups can make to Europe's vision of unity in diversity. * Dr Madlena Norberg, WITAJ-Sprachzentrum, Cottbus, Germany * This book combines an impressive theoretical understanding of minority languages and associated language rights, alongside a fascinating examination of two particular European minority language communities. It is exactly the type of critically informed macro/micro analysis needed to take the field forward - I highly recommend it. * Professor Stephen May, University of Waikato, New Zealand * Gaelic and Sorbian have much in common. Konstanze Glaser provides a penetrating analysis of their social situation, and the attitudes and ideologial frameworks that have influenced them to the present day. The book also engages with alternative ways to think about and use Gaelic and Sorbian in today's globalising world. It describes new ways of relating to minoritised languages, and of building new realities for them. * Ken MacKinnon, Honorary Professor in Language Strategy and Celtic, University of Aberdeen, Scotland *