Nation-State, devolution and the parliamentary discourse of minority languages

Journal of Language and Politics

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 5-30

  Wilson, John ^a   Stapleton, Karyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Devolution; Linguistic diversity; Minority languages; Parliamentary discourse; Regionalism; Supranationalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746441908     PISSN: 15692159     EISSN: 15699862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/jlp.2.1.03wil     Document Type: Article

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