ISBN:
0511979029
,
1139223518
,
1139216988
,
9781139223515
,
9780511979026
,
9781139216982
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (756 pages)
Edition:
[Place of publication not identified] HathiTrust Digital Library 2011 Electronic reproduction
Series Statement:
Cambridge Handbooks in Language and Linguistics
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Spolsky, Bernard Cambridge Handbook of Language Policy
DDC:
306.449
Keywords:
Language policy
;
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES ; Linguistics ; Sociolinguistics
;
Language policy
;
Sprachpolitik
;
Taalpolitiek
;
Identiteit
;
Internationalisatie
;
Sprachpolitik
;
Språkpolitik
;
Handboeken (vorm)
;
Electronic books
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
Cover; The Cambridge Handbook of Language Policy; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Contributors; Preface and acknowledgements; Part I Definition and principles; 1 What is language policy?; 2 History of the field: a sketch; Introductory remarks; Periodization of language policy and planning; Examples from the now distant past; The French academy; European national movements; Soviet Union of the 1920s and 1930s; Czechoslovakia and the Prague Linguistic School; 'Classic language planning'; Critique of classic language planning.
Abstract:
Language shift: its causes and implicationsProcesses of language shift and endangerment; How do we measure linguistic diversity?; How do we measure the health of languages?; Why worry about loss of linguistic diversity?; Value to linguistic science; Cultural heritage; Language and ecology; Language and identity; Linguistic human rights; Wouldn't it be better if we all spoke one language?; Language 'usefulness'; Policies to support endangered languages; Increasing the number of speakers; Acquisition planning; Language nests; Immersion education; The effectiveness of school-based revitalization.
Abstract:
Romanticism, das Volk and ethno-linguistic nationalism: the German modelNationalism, the academy and language planning; Status, corpus and acquisition planning; Status planning; Corpus planning; Acquisition planning; Language in a post-national era?; The small state, revitalization and renaissance of lesser used languages; Globalization, transnationalism and new language practices; Conclusions; 5 Ethnic identity and language policy; What is ethnic identity and how is it linked to language and language policy?; The link between ethnic identity and language policy in historical perspective.
Abstract:
This is the first Handbook to deal with language policy as a whole and is a complete 'state-of-the-field' survey
Abstract:
The rise of European nation-states and language policyDissolution of colonial empires and the rise of language policy as a field; Postmodern positions on ethnic identity and critical language policy; Principles, framework and cases; The case of Luxembourgish: language maintenance and development; The case of Māori: Language revitalization and development; The case of Tseltal and Tsotsil: language under threat; The case of Gallo: language shift; Conclusion; 6 Diversity and language policy for endangered languages; Introduction; What is language death?; Terminology and stance.
Abstract:
Valuing variation and diversity, and the 'Reversing Language Shift' modelLanguage management framework; Concluding remarks; 3 Philosophy of language policy; Non-rights-cased approaches to language policy; Linguistic diversity as a public good; The case for convergence; Rights-based approaches to language regulation; Classifying language rights; Language liberties; Language accommodations; Making language rights 'official'; Conclusion; 4 Language policy, the nation and nationalism; The Revolution, the sovereign people and contractual nationalism: the French model.
Note:
Adult and community-based language learning
,
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
,
Electronic reproduction
,
English
