Language Legislation and Linguistic Rights
Selected Proceedings of the Language Legislation and Linguistic Rights Conference, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, March, 1996
Editor
The contributions to this volume cover a broad range of issues in language policy that are hotly debated in every corner of the globe. The articles included investigate the implications of language policies on the notion of language rights as the issues are played out in very specific circumstances — from the courtroom in Australia to the legislature in California to the educational system in England to the administrative practices of the European Commission. The authors explore conflicts between basic conceptions of fairness in justice, administration and education on the one hand, and political and economic realities on the other. Articles focus on langage issues in the United States, Canada, Brazil, England, France, Slovakia, Russia, Sri Lanka, Australia and several African states. Other articles consider the implications of new supernational agreements — the European Union, NAFTA, GATT, the OAU — on language issues in the signatory states. In sum the volume offers an extensive presentation of current issues and practices in language policy and linguistic human rights.
[IMPACT: Studies in Language, Culture and Society, 2] 1998. xvi, 415 pp.
Publishing status: Available
© John Benjamins Publishing Company
Table of Contents
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AcknowledgmentsDouglas A. Kibbee | p. viii
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PresentationDouglas A. Kibbee | p. x
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Legal and Linguistic Perspectives on Language LegislationDouglas A. Kibbee | p. 1
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The Linguistic Rights of Non-English Speaking Suspects, Whitnesses, Victims and DefendantsKate Storey | p. 24
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Great Mischiefs — An Historical Look at Language Legislation in Great BritainRuth Morris | p. 32
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The Crminalization of Spanish in the United StatesPatricia MacGregor-Mendoza | p. 55
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Towards Consensus? Standard English in the National CurriculumJoan Swann | p. 68
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Beyond an Anglo-Saxon Confederation: the Clash of World Hegemonies in the Language Ideologies of Arthur Balfour and Woodrow WilsonChris Andre | p. 84
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Anatomy of the English-Only Movement: Social and Ideological Sources of Language Restrictionism in the United StatesJames Crawford | p. 96
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The Courts, the Legislature and society: the Shaping of Federal Language Policy in the United StatesThomas Ricento | p. 123
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Language Rights Arguments in Central Europe and the USA: How Similar Are They?Miklós Kontra | p. 142
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What Happens After English is Declared the Official Language of the United States?Terrence G. Wiley | p. 179
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A Historical Perspective on Language Policy in RussiaElena Schmitt | p. 196
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Majority Language, Minority Misery: The Case of sri LankaRichard W. Bailey | p. 206
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On the Eleven-Official Languages Policy of the New South AfricaSheila Mmusi | p. 225
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OAU’s Resolutions on African Languages and the State of Their ImplementationKahambo Mateene | p. 240
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Language Policy in Education and the Future of Indigenous Languages in Post-Apartheid South AfricaJoyce B. Sukumane | p. 248
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Language and human Rights in AfricaMichel Nguessan | p. 261
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The Case for Brazilian Sign Language: A Deaf Community Finds Its VoiceNorine Berenz | p. 269
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Requirements, Dynamics and Realities of Language Use in the EU: A Case Study of the European CommissionCarsten Quell | p. 288
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French Language Policy and FrancophonieLouis-Jean Calvet | p. 310
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Quebec’s Charter of the French Language Twenty Years AfterGerald Paquette | p. 320
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The Philosophy of the French Language Legislation: Internal and International AspectsYves Marek | p. 341
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The role of the french Language in Maintening Linguistic Diversity in North America: Some Glottopolitical ConsiderationsNormand Labrie | p. 351
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Index of Personal Names | p. 395
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Index of Languages | p. 399
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General Index | p. 403
“The pratical meaning of the term ‘language rights’ has not yet been established.”
Joyce Sukumane, in Language Legislation and Linguistic Rights
“Anyone who is concerned with the future of linguistic diversity, with the ability of language planners to influence public debate and governmental policy, or with the consequences of language legislation, should read this book and engage with the questions it raises.”
Mark Fettes (University of Toronto) in Language Problems and Language Planning 25:1, 2001
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Subjects
Main BIC Subject
CF: Linguistics
Main BISAC Subject
LAN009000: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General