Language policy and language planning : from nationalism to globalisation - Wright, Sue, 1947- (New York Palgrave Macmillan, 2016)
From language continuum to linguistic mosaic : European language communities from the feudal period to the age of nationalism -- Language planning in state nations and nation states -- Nation building in the wake of colonialism : old concepts in new settings -- Transcending the group : languages of contact and lingua francas -- French : the rise and fall of a prestige lingua franca -- English : from language of empire to language of globalisation -- Lingua Francas for the new millennium -- Globalisation and rethinking the concept of language -- New discourse, new legal instruments and a new political context for minorities and their languages -- New polities and new nation building -- Endangered languages -- Conclusion: community and transcendence.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 348-382) and index.
Keywords: Language planning -- History; Language policy -- History; Languages; Language planning; Language policy; History