Publications

Publication details [#5461]

Kelman, Herbert C. 1971. Language as an aid and barrier to involvement in the national system. In Rubin, Joan and Björn H. Jernudd, eds. Can language be planned? Sociolinguistic theory and practice for developing nations. Hawaii UP. pp. 21–51.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

interethnic context | nationality

Annotation

K. shows how the deliberate use of language for purposes of national identity, in a multi-ethnic state, may have more disruptive then unifying consequences.

Reprints

Fishman, Joshua A. 1972. In Fishman, Joshua A., ed. Advances in the sociology of language 2: Selected studies and applications. Mouton. pp. 185–212.