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LANGUAGE POLICY AND IDENTITY POLITICS IN WALES
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Państwowa Szkoła Wyższa im. Papieża Jana Pawła II w Białej Podlaskiej
Publication date: 2019-07-22
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Izabela Dąbrowska
Izabela Dąbrowska, Państwowa Szkoła Wyższa im. Papieża Jana Pawła II w Białej Podlaskiej, ul. Sidorska 95/97, 21-500 Biała Podlaska, e-mail: izadab@wp.pl, tel.: 83 344 99 00
Izabela Dąbrowska, Państwowa Szkoła Wyższa im. Papieża Jana Pawła II w Białej Podlaskiej, ul. Sidorska 95/97, 21-500 Biała Podlaska, e-mail: izadab@wp.pl, tel.: 83 344 99 00
Rozprawy Społeczne/Social Dissertations 2017;11(4):14-21
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ABSTRACT
Language is a crucial element of any society’s identity. Likewise, language policy is a vital social
and political issue. Even in the European Union, a geo-political identity based on ideals of unity
and shared values, there are visible efforts to construct minorities or nations’ institutions
and identities through demands concerning language use. It is because the empowerment of
language through language policy may shape speakers’ identification with a particular nation,
their attitudes towards other communities, and their cultural and personal identity. The
following article concerns one such case, namely Wales, and its present-day policy of promoting
the indigenous language to make the society bilingual. The policy affects both the public
sphere, mainly schools and institutions, and the private one, i.e. autonomous organisations and
business. It results partly from the regional developments in post-devolution Britain as well as
aspirations of all those engaged in preserving the Welsh national heritage.
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