Author : J. Adrey
Publisher : Springer
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 32,4 MB
Release : 2009-02-12
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0230583989
The author presents a new approach to the study of language policy, by focusing on language policy formation and implementation as a dynamic, conflict-laden process involving the interaction of various actors with different motivations and uneven bargaining powers, rather than as a product , examinable post hoc from existing language legislation.
Author : Michele Gazzola
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 637 pages
File Size : 28,3 MB
Release : 2023-10-03
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0429828926
The Routledge Handbook of Language Policy and Planning is a comprehensive and authoritative survey, including original contributions from leading senior scholars and rising stars to provide a basis for future research in language policy and planning in international, national, regional, and local contexts. The Handbook approaches language policy as public policy that can be studied through the policy cycle framework. It offers a systematic and research-informed view of actual processes and methods of design, implementation, and evaluation. With a substantial introduction, 38 chapters and an extensive bibliography, this Handbook is an indispensable resource for all decision makers, students, and researchers of language policy and planning within linguistics and cognate disciplines such as public policy, economics, political science, sociology, and education.
Author : J. Muller
Publisher : Springer
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 21,40 MB
Release : 2010-07-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0230281672
In a unique contribution to understanding the interaction of language policy and planning in modern conflict resolution, Janet Muller provides an insider account of the search for improved status for the Irish language in Northern Ireland from the 1980s.
Author : K. Langston
Publisher : Springer
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 27,78 MB
Release : 2014-09-09
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1137390603
Following the collapse of the former Yugoslavia, Croatian was declared to be a separate language, distinct from Serbian, and linguistic issues became highly politicized. This book examines the changing status and norms of the Croatian language and its relationship to Croatian national identity, focusing on the period after Croatian independence.
Author : D. Gorter
Publisher : Springer
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 48,92 MB
Release : 2011-12-13
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0230360238
Providing an innovative approach to the written displays of minority languages in public space this volume explores minority language situations through the lens of linguistic landscape research. Based on very tangible data it explores the 'same old issues' of language contact and language conflict in new ways.
Author : M. Strubell
Publisher : Springer
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 20,61 MB
Release : 2011-06-21
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0230302424
A collection of studies offering an up-to-date analysis of official policies to promote Catalan in a democratic framework in each of the main Spanish regions where it is spoken: Catalonia, Valencia and the Balearic Islands.
Author : Michael Hornsby
Publisher : Springer
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 50,82 MB
Release : 2015-10-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1137498803
New speakers are an increasingly important aspect of the revitalization of minority languages since, in some cases, they can make up the majority of the language community in question. This volume examines this phenomenon from the viewpoint of three minority languages: Breton, Yiddish and Lemko.
Author : P. Sercombe
Publisher : Springer
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 17,80 MB
Release : 2014-09-02
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1137455535
This volume tracks the complex relationships between language, education and nation-building in Southeast Asia, focusing on how language policies have been used by states and governments as instruments of control, assimilation and empowerment. Leading scholars have contributed chapters each representing one of the countries in the region.
Author : L. Tsung
Publisher : Springer
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 11,13 MB
Release : 2015-12-11
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0230234402
The book outlines the evolution and role of minority languages locally and nationally; it investigates current educational language policies in minority areas; and it assesses the social and economic outcomes of language change for communities in contemporary China.
Author : V. Pupavac
Publisher : Springer
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 41,57 MB
Release : 2012-09-23
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1137284048
Exploring language rights politics in theoretical, historical and international context, this book brings together debates from law, sociolinguistics, international politics, and the history of ideas. The author argues that international language rights advocacy supports global governance of language and questions freedoms of speech and expression.
