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There are, on the whole, far more similarities than differences in the history of the RLs in France and Britain in terms of how and why French and English became national languages, resulting in the destruction of the RLs. This was mainly achieved by the imposition of French and English in the domains of law, administration and education. But these tended to be pursued for idealistic reasons in France and pragmatic ones in Britain.
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Judge, A. (2007). Concluding Comments. In: Linguistic Policies and the Survival of Regional Languages in France and Britain. Palgrave Studies in Minority Languages and Communities. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230286177_13
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