John Coakley

List of John Benjamins publications in which John Coakley is involved.

Title

Revisiting Linguistic Territoriality in Contemporary Europe

Edited by Till Burckhardt, John Coakley and László Marácz

Special issue of Language Problems and Language Planning 45:2 (2021) v, 140 pp.

Articles

Burckhardt, Till, John Coakley and László Marácz 2021 Linguistic territoriality under stress: European perspectives Revisiting Linguistic Territoriality in Contemporary Europe, Burckhardt, Till, John Coakley and László Marácz (eds.), pp. 121–141 | Article

This article revisits a well-known dichotomy (the ‘territorial’ and ‘personal’ principles) and develops a four-element classification of state approaches (from the most generous to the most menacing, from the perspective of speakers of minority languages). The article examines the implications… read more

Coakley, John 2021 Geographical retreat and symbolic advance? Language policy in Ireland Revisiting Linguistic Territoriality in Contemporary Europe, Burckhardt, Till, John Coakley and László Marácz (eds.), pp. 239–260 | Article

Language policy in the Republic of Ireland has an unusual starting point: the geographical base of the Irish language is very weak and territorially dispersed, yet the constitutional status of the language is extremely strong. The article explores this paradox. It sets Irish language policy in… read more