Overview
Takes a broad approach to the subject fits the requirements for 'language and politics', language in society', 'language planning', 'bilingualism' courses which are core to linguistics graduate and undergraduate study
Would sell also to politics students and researchers re: ethnicity, globalization and nationalism, social policy studies
Uniquely deals with both language choice imposed for political reasons and language choices made freely for social mobility, economic advantage, group identity reasons
Discusses 'hot' topics of language rights, endangered languages, 'International English', standard vs nonstandard varieties
Case studies from round the world
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Introduction
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Community and the Role of National Language
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Transcendence and Language Learning
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Renaissance and Revitalisation in Small Language Communities
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Reviews
“The intended readership of the book is broad, and may include sociolinguists, diachronic linguistics researchers, general language researchers, and anyone who shows an interest in investigations into language problems, language policy, and language planning. … the book remains a great contribution to the area of language policy and language planning and deserves my wholehearted recommendation.” (Haoda Feng, Language in Society, Vol. 48 (2), April, 2019)
“Sue Wright's intellectually provocative book holds real implications for EU policies, for educational policies, and for governments that still act as they did in the nineteenth century.” (Christina Paulston, University of Pittsburgh, USA)
“One of the best attempts to treat the subject of language in modern Europe I've ever read. Sue Wright not only masters the relevant details of European history but also the historical interpretations of those details.” (John E. Joseph, Professor of Applied Linguistics, University of Edinburgh, UK)
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Sue Wright is Research Professor at the University of Portsmouth, UK. She is co-editor of Sociolinguistica and the Language and Globalization book series. She is the author of numerous publications on the linguistic dimension of nation building, globalisation, democracy and migration and on the linguistic effects of technological developments in communication.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Language Policy and Language Planning
Book Subtitle: From Nationalism to Globalisation
Authors: Sue Wright
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-57647-7
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-30260-0Published: 28 January 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-0-230-30261-7Published: 28 January 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-57647-7Published: 08 April 2016
Edition Number: 2
Number of Pages: VII, 385
Topics: Sociolinguistics, Imperialism and Colonialism, Political Science, Ethnicity Studies, Language Policy and Planning