An exploration of the role of language attitudes and ideologies in predicting the survival prospects of a minority language. The author examines this role through a cross-national comparative analysis of Irish in the Republic of Ireland and Galician in the Autonomous Community of Galicia in north-west Spain.

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BERNADETTE O'ROURKE lecturers in Spanish and General Linguistics at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK. Her main research interests, on which she has published various articles and chapters, are in sociolinguistics and the sociology of language, with a particular focus on minority language issues.

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List of Tables Introduction Language Attitudes Evolution of Attitudes towards Irish and Galician A New Policy for Ideological Change Effects of Language Policies on Attitudes A Cross National Study of Young People's Attitudes Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index