ISBN:
9789027218322
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (431 p.)
Series Statement:
IMPACT: Studies in Language and Society
Parallel Title:
Print version Language Legislation and Linguistic Rights : Selected Proceedings of the Language Legislation and Linguistic Rights Conference, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, March, 1996
DDC:
306.44/9
Keywords:
Language and languages ; Law and legislation ; Congresses
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Language policy ; Congresses
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Linguistic minorities ; Civil rights ; Congresses
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
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Konferenzschrift 1996
Abstract:
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 politi
Description / Table of Contents:
LANGUAGE LEGISLATION AND LINGUISTIC RIGHTS; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; Acknowledgements; Presentation: Realism and Idealism in Language Conflicts and Their Resolution; Legaland Linguistic Perspectives on Language Legislation; 1. Introduction.; 2. Application of the law in matters relating to education; 2.1 Introduction; 2.1 Bilingual education; 3. Application of the law in matters relating to language in the workplace; 3.1 The language of work; 3.2 Accent discrimination.; 4. Application of the law in matters relating to criminal and civil justice
Description / Table of Contents:
4.2 Right to serve on juries.5. Application of the law in matters relating to commerce; 5.1 Adequacy of warning.; 5.2 Contracts; 5.3 Public signs; 6. Legal and linguistic issues; 6.1 Legal Issues; 6.2 Linguistic issues; 7. Conclusions; Notes; The Linguistic Rights of Non-English Speaking Suspects, Witnesses, Victims and Defendants; Great Mischiefs-An Historical Look at Language Legislation in Great Britain; 1. English Only legislation in Britain; 2. The Vernacular and the Law; 3. Quality control, or misprision and mistranslation; 4. Imperfect Englishmen?; 5. Legislative reverberations; Notes
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The Criminalization of Spanish in the United StatesTowards Consensus? Standard English in the NationalCurriculum; 1. Introduction; 2. A policy context: English in the national curriculum; 3. Educational definitions of standard English; 4. Sociolinguistics and standard English in the English curriculum; 5. A critical response?; Beyond an Anglo-Saxon Confederation: the Clash ofWorld Hegemonies in the Language Ideologies ofArthur Balfour and Woodrow Wilson; 1. Introduction; 2. Balfour and the Anglo-Saxon Confederation; 3. Wilson and the Taylorization of America
Description / Table of Contents:
4. Language and the nation-state after U.S. hegemonyNotes; Anatomy of the English-Only Movement: Social and Ideological Sources of Language Restrictionism in theUnited States; 1. Introduction; 2. The English-only debate; 3. Historic patterns of language conflict; 3.1 Pennsylvania Germans.; 3.2 Louisianans; 3.3 Californios.; 3.4 American Indians; 3.5 Puerto Ricans; 3.6 Native Hawaiians; 3.7 European immigrants.; 4. Sources of the modern English-only movement; 5. Language rights and class warfare; Notes
Description / Table of Contents:
The Courts, the Legislature and Society: The Shaping of Federal Language Policy in the United States1. Introduction; 2. Background; 3. Litigation and Policy Development; 4. The 1974 Reauthorization: A change in policy; 5. The 1978 Reauthorization: The effects of the AIR study; 6. The 1984 Reauthorization: flexibility and new directions; 7. The 1988 Reauthorization: politics vs. research; 8. Conclusion; Notes; Language Rights Arguments in Central Europe and the USA : How Similar Are They?; 1. Introductory Caveats; 2. Method; 3. Similar Arguments
Description / Table of Contents:
3.1. The Right to Be Free from Discrimination Based on Language
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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