Language Legislation and Linguistic Rights
Selected Proceedings of the Language Legislation and Linguistic Rights Conference, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, March, 1996
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| University of Illinois
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
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Index of Personal Names
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Index of Languages
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“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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Dovalil, Vít
Piller, Ingrid
Skutnabb-Kangas, Tove
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Subjects
BIC Subject: CF – Linguistics
BISAC Subject: LAN009000 – LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General