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Publication details [#25695]

Fishman, Joshua. 1993. The earliest stage of language planning: The "First Congress" Phenomenon. De Gruyter Mouton. 351 pp.
Publication type
Book – monograph
Publication language
English
Keywords
language and society | language planning | language politics | language status
Language as a subject
Afrikaans | Aymara | Belorussian | Catalan | Dutch | Hindi | Indonesian | Korean | Macedonian | Malay | Maya | Polish | Quechua | Tok Pisin | Turkish | Ukrainian | Yiddisch

Annotation

The papers in this volume deal with 'first congresses' for languages as part of language planning, i.e. with an eye to languages' status, and their connections with social and political movements. All continents except Australia are represented in the sample.

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Simonsen, Dag Finn. 1995. Review of $The earliest stage of language planning: The "First Congress" Phenomenon.
Spolsky, Bernard. 1995. Review of $The earliest stage of language planning: The "First Congress" Phenomenon.
Gilbert, Glenn G. 1995. Review of $The earliest stage of language planning: The "First Congress" Phenomenon.