Discourses of endangerment :: ideology and interest in the defence of languages /

Current academic discussions and public debates about language frequently focus on the importance of defending languages against various kinds of dangers. Many of these current debates attach great importance to linguistic diversity. The debates focus on defending institutionalized languages against...

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Weitere Verfasser: Duchêne, Alexandre, Heller, Monica
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: London : Continuum, 2008.
Schriftenreihe:Advances in sociolinguistics.
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DE-863
Zusammenfassung:Current academic discussions and public debates about language frequently focus on the importance of defending languages against various kinds of dangers. Many of these current debates attach great importance to linguistic diversity. The debates focus on defending institutionalized languages against multilingualism, or conversely defending minority languages against the incursion of larger ones, especially the spread of English. In both cases, languages are constructed as autonomous wholes, held to need defending against attack. This book challenges such a view of language, to argue that the d.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (x, 290 pages)
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781847063229
1847063225
9781441111173
1441111174
1283271494
9781283271493
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