The Politics of Language: Linguistic Culture and Language Policy

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• Harold F. Schiffman

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• 364 Seiten
• 13 Lesestunden

• Linguistik
• Politikwissenschaft
• Sachliteratur
• Sozialwissenschaften
• Sprachbücher & -lexika

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By looking closely at the multilingual democracies of India, France and the USA, Harold F. Schiffman examines how language policy is primarily a social construct based on belief systems, attitudes and myths. Linguistic Culture and Language Policy exposes language policy as culture-specific, helping us to understand why language policies evolve the way they do; why they work, or not; and how people's lives are affected by them. These issues will be of specific interest to linguists specialising in multilingual/multicultural societies, bilingual educationalists, curriculum planners and teachers.

• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1998
• Einband: Paperback