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Language Policy and Language Planning

From Nationalism to Globalisation

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  • Dec 2003

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  1. Sue Wright
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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Sue Wright
      Pages 1-15

  5. Renaissance and Revitalisation in Small Language Communities

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 179-179
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    2. New Discourse, New Legal Instruments and a New Political Context for Minorities1 and their Languages

      • Sue Wright
      Pages 181-200

    3. The Fragmentation of the Old Nation States and the Rise of Small Nations

      • Sue Wright
      Pages 201-217

    4. Endangered Languages

      • Sue Wright
      Pages 218-243

    5. Conclusion

      • Sue Wright
      Pages 244-251

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 252-311
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About this book

A comprehensive advanced textbook, covering not only language learning imposed by economic or political agendas but also language choices entered into freely for reasons of social mobility, economic advantage or group identity. The first part of the book reviews the development and role of standard languages in the construction of national communities and identities. The second part examines the linguistic accommodation of groups in contact, major lingua francas and the case of 'International English'. The third section explores reactions to nationalism and globalization, with some attention to language rights. The book further deals with methodological problems of working in this interdisciplinary area, and provides detailed illustrations from a range of countries and communities.

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'This is a fine book...I believe we need to reconceptualise this area of sociolinguistics and this a is a first step in that direction. Sue Wright's intellectually provocative book holds real implications for EU policies, for educational policies, and for governments that still act as they did in the nineteenth century.' - Christina Paulston, University of Pittsburgh, USA

'One of the best attempts to treat the subject of language in modern Europe I've ever read. Sue Wright not only masters the relevant details of European history but also the historical interpretations of those details.' - John E. Joseph, Professor of Applied Linguistics, University of Edinburgh

About the author

SUE WRIGHT is a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Languages and European Studies at Aston University. She has published extensively on the role of language in nation building, European integration and globalization. Her latests books include Community and Communication and Whose Europe? ( with D.Smith).

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