Minority languages in Europe : an introduction to the current debate / Gabrielle Hogan-Brun and Stefan Wolff -- When a language is 'just symbolic' : reconsidering the significance of language to the politics of identity / Camille C. O'Reilly -- Devising an adequate system of minority protection in the area of language rights / Kristin Henrard -- Facilitating or generating linguistic diversity : the European charter for regional or minority languages / M. Nic Craith -- The practitioner's perspective : minority languages and linguistic minorities in the work of the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities / John Packer -- Ethnic Germans as a language minority in Central and Eastern Europe : legislative and policy frameworks in Poland, Hungary and Romania / Stefan Wolff and Karl Cordell -- Baltic national minorities in a transitional setting / Gabrielle Hogan-Brun -- Politics and language rights : a case study of language politics in Croatia / Vanessa Pupavac -- 'Minor' needs or the ambiguous power of translation / Carmen Millán-Varela -- On policies and prospects for British sign language / Graham H. Turner -- The changing status of Romani in Europe / Dieter W. Halwachs --Language, nationalism and democracy in Europe / Stephen May.
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Minority languages in Europe, as part of a common cultural heritage, need protection. The contributions to this book reflect urgent, stimulating and productive debates among researchers in sociolinguistics, linguistic anthropology, politics and sociology.