Contents

List of Maps    ix
Notes on Contributors    x

Nationalism, Language, Europe

STEPHEN BARBOUR

2. Britain and Ireland: The Varying Significance of Language for    18
Nationalism
STEPHEN BARBOUR
3. France: 'One state, one nation, one language?'    44
ANNE JUDGE
4. The Iberian Peninsula: Conflicting Linguistic Nationalisms    83
CLARE MAR-MOLINERO
5. Northern Europe: Languages as Prime Markers of Ethnic and    105
National Identity
LARS S. VIKOR
6. The Low Countries: A Study in Sharply Contrasting Nationalisms    130
ROBERT B. HOWELL
7. Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Luxembourg: The Total    151
Coincidence of Nations and Speech Communities?
STEPHEN BARBOUR
8. Language and Nationalism in Italy: Language as a Weak Marker of    168
Identity
CARLO RUZZA
9. Contrasting Ethnic Nationalisms: Eastern Central Europe    183
BARBARA TORNQUIST-PLEWA
10. 'A people exists and that people has its language': Language and    221
Nationalism in the Balkans
CATHIE CARMICHAEL.
11. Greece and European Turkey: From Religious to Linguistic    240
Identity
PETER TRUDGILL
12. Coming to Terms with the Past: Language and Nationalism in    264
Russia and its Neighbours
CATHIE CARMICHAEL
13. Conclusions: Language and National Identity in Europe    280
CATHIE CARMICHAEL

References    290
Index    309