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Language policy and language planning : from nationalism to globalisation / Sue Wright, University of Portsmouth, UK.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York Palgrave Macmillan 2016Edition: 2nd editionDescription: vii, 385 pages ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9780230302600 (hardcover)
  • 0230302602 (hardcover)
  • 9780230302617 (paperback)
  • 0230302610 (paperback)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • P40.5.L35 W75 2016
Contents:
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.
Item type: Book
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MARY IMMACULATE LIBRARY CTIE Collection P40.5.L35 W75 2016 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 08274-C

Includes bibliographical references (pages 348-382) and index.

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.

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