Critical Mass and Insecurity in Minority Language Policy

This article will discuss whether legislation is necessarily effective in terms of changing individual and group behaviours. The particular focus of this article will be to argue that the legislation pertaining to the use of the Welsh language in Wales, despite having expanded the domains of language use in an important way, has not shifted the cycle of language non-use that may be identified.This article will discuss the extent to which legislation is effective in terms of changing individual and group behaviours. The specific focus of this article will be to argue that legislation pertaining to the use of the Welsh language in Wales, despite having expanded the domains of language use in an important way, has not shifted the cycle of language non-use that may be identified.