Regional Nationalism in Spain

Jaine Beswick is Lecturer in Linguistics, with a speciality in Spanish and Portuguese, at the University of Southampton, UK. She is an experienced teacher of sociolinguistics, phonetics and phonology and dialectology at both undergraduate and graduate level, and she is fluent in Spanish, Portuguese, Galician and French. She has published various papers on Galician and Portuguese sociolinguistics, and is currently heading two projects on Galician and Portuguese migrations to the UK.

• Foreword Preface Introduction Part 1 Politics and Policy: Linguistic Identity and the Role of Standardisation in Galicia 1. Language, Culture, Identity2. The Origins of Galician 3. Contemporary Galicia: The Evolution of a Standard Part 2 Forms and Features: Linguistic Conventions and Characteristics of Galician 4. Microlinguistic Issues: Theoretical Concepts 5. The Linguistic Differentiation of Galician6. The Idiosyncratic Characteristics of Galician Part 3 Prestige and Practice: Language and Identity in Galicia 7. Language Planning and Language Use in Galicia 8. Societal and Individual Roles of Galician 9. The Future of Galicia, its People, its Language Appendices

Beswick deals with the main and most controversial topics of the linguistic situation in Galicia. She explores the relation between language and ethnic identity with a clear and courageous voice, and advances some prospects in the future of Galician. This book will interest scholars in the field of minority languages research, language ideologies and identity, and is destined to become an important work in Galician linguistics and social sciences.