Linguistic Culture and Language Policy.
By looking closely at the multilingual deomocracies of India, France and the USA, Harold F. Schiffman examines how language policy is primarily a social construct based on belief systems, attitudes and myths.
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Routledge,
1998.
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Colección: | Politics of language.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures and tables; Preface; Introduction: language policy and linguistic culture; Typologies of multilingualism and typologies of language policy; Religion, myth and linguistic culture; Language policy and linguistic culture in France; French in the marginal areas: Alsace and the other regions; Indian linguistic culture and the genesis of language policy in the subcontinent; Language policy and linguistic culture in Tamilnau; Language policy in the United States; Language policy in California; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.