Julia Sallabank is Senior Lecturer in Language Support and Revitalisation in the Endangered Languages Academic Programme at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.

'This important work should make us all think about the purpose and processes of language revitalisation, and the realities of language survival.' Adrian Cain, Manx Heritage Foundation

• 1. Language endangerment, language revitalisation and language policy; 2. Small islands on the periphery of Britain; 3. Researching language attitudes and ideologies; 4. Local language practices on a small island in the twenty-first century; 5. Language attitudes, ideologies and identity on a small island; 6. Language planning and policy: bottom-up and top-down; 7. Implications.

Julia Sallabank is Senior Lecturer in Language Support and Revitalisation in the Endangered Languages Academic Programme at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.

'This important work should make us all think about the purpose and processes of language revitalisation, and the realities of language survival.' Adrian Cain, Manx Heritage Foundation

• 1. Language endangerment, language revitalisation and language policy; 2. Small islands on the periphery of Britain; 3. Researching language attitudes and ideologies; 4. Local language practices on a small island in the twenty-first century; 5. Language attitudes, ideologies and identity on a small island; 6. Language planning and policy: bottom-up and top-down; 7. Implications.

Julia Sallabank is Senior Lecturer in Language Support and Revitalisation in the Endangered Languages Academic Programme at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.

'This important work should make us all think about the purpose and processes of language revitalisation, and the realities of language survival.' Adrian Cain, Manx Heritage Foundation

• 1. Language endangerment, language revitalisation and language policy; 2. Small islands on the periphery of Britain; 3. Researching language attitudes and ideologies; 4. Local language practices on a small island in the twenty-first century; 5. Language attitudes, ideologies and identity on a small island; 6. Language planning and policy: bottom-up and top-down; 7. Implications.