Language policy / Bernard Spolsky.
"Bernard Spolsky looks at the many debates at the forefront of language policy in this up-to-date introduction. The topics covered include ideas of correctness and bad language; bilingualism and multilingualism; language death and efforts to preserve endangered languages; language choice as a h...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2004.
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| Series: | Key topics in sociolinguistics.
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| Online Access: | Sample text |
| Summary: | "Bernard Spolsky looks at the many debates at the forefront of language policy in this up-to-date introduction. The topics covered include ideas of correctness and bad language; bilingualism and multilingualism; language death and efforts to preserve endangered languages; language choice as a human and civil right; and language education policy. Spolsky develops a theory of modern national language policy and the major forces controlling it and explores questions that arise concerning the recognition of language policies and language management."--Publisher description. |
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| Physical Description: | xi, 250 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 224-242) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0521804612 9780521804615 0521011752 9780521011754 |