5.5. What are the patterns of informal displacement of place names (moving away from their original forms in a minority language)
Background
This theme is about creating the infrastructure and conditions needed to support the two preceding themes—that is, the acquisition and use of the Welsh language. It spans a wide range of policy areas.
Effective economic planning and development are essential to creating environments where the Welsh language can be transmitted, acquired, learned, and used. Raising productivity in communities with a higher density of Welsh speakers is particularly important for ensuring their long-term viability —and, by extension, the viability of the Welsh language within them. Ensuring that the Welsh language is embedded in cultural life and the media in Wales, and is at the forefront of digital innovation, is also critical to the success of Cymraeg 2050.
Within this theme, there are questions relating to community and the economy, culture and the media, digital technology, linguistic infrastructure, and language planning,
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Scottish Toponymy in Transition: Progressing County Surveys of the Place-Names of Scotland
Scotland's place-names are among the richest resources for its linguistic and cultural past, yet they remain largely without detailed and systematic survey. The landmark five-volume Place-Names of Fife, by Simon Taylor w...
Funded by: AHRC
Lead research organisation: University of Glasgow
Why might this be relevant?
Partially relevant as it focuses on Scottish place-names, not Welsh, but demonstrates expertise in toponymy.