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Publication details [#28937]

Fishman, Joshua. 1993. The earliest stage of language planning: The ´first congress´ phenomenon. De Gruyter Mouton. viii + 351 pp.
Publication type
Book – monograph
Publication language
English
Keywords
language planning | language variety | meeting
Language as a subject
Afrikaans | Belorussian | Catalan | Dutch | Hebrew | Hindi | Indonesian | Korean | Macedonian | Malay | Maya | Polish | Quechua | Tok Pisin | Turkish | Ukrainian | Wolof | Yiddisch
ISBN
3-11-013530-2

Annotation

This volume discusses 18 mainly 20th century 'first' language planning meetings and their importance in the early stages of language planning. They represent 8 European, 2 American, 2 African and 6 Asian varieties.

Reviewed by

Edwards, John. 1994. Review of $The earliest stage of language planning: The ´first congress´ phenomenon.