Publications

Publication details [#45946]

Laversuch, I.M. 2007. The Politics of Naming Race and Ethnicity: Language Planning and Policies Regulating the Selection of Racial Ethnonyms Used by the US Census 1990–2010. Current Issues in Language Planning 8 (3) : 365–382.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

ethnicity | language planning | language policy | naming1 | race

Place, Publisher

Multilingual Matters

Journal WWW

www.multilingual-matters.com/multi/onlinej.asp

Annotation

This article discusses the development of the language policies defining the selection, definition and standardisation of the US Census's modern system of racial and ethnic nomenclature. Then it provides a detailed look at the recent review and revision of these language policies concerning specific terminology.