Discourses of Endangerment Ideology and Interest in the Defence of Languages

Note: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.

ISBN: 9781847063229 | 1847063225
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 7/22/2008

Buy New

Print on Demand: 2-4 Weeks. This item cannot be cancelled or returned.

$59.05
eBook

Available Instantly

Online: 180 Days

Downloadable: 180 Days

$52.62

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 o

Please wait while the item is added to your bag...

Notes on Contributors	p. vii
Discourses of endangerment: Sociolinguistics, globalization and social order	p. 1
Defending diversity: Staking out a common global interest?	p. 14
Indigenous language endangerment and the unfinished business of nation states	p. 35
Discourses of endangerment: Contexts and consequences of essentializing discourses	p. 57
Who wants to save 'le patois d'Evolene'?	p. 76
Francais, acadien, acadjonne: Competing discourses on language preservation along the shores of the Baie Sainte-Marie	p. 99
The future of Catalan: Language endangerment and nationalist discourses in Catalonia	p. 121
Language endangerment, war and peace in Ireland and Northern Ireland	p. 149
Voices of endangerment: A language ideological debate on the Swedish language	p. 169
Defending English in an English-dominant world: The Ideology of the 'Official English'movement in the United States	p. 197
Protecting French: The view from France	p. 216
Embracing diversity for the sake of unity: Linguistic hegemony and the pursuit of total Spanish	p. 242
Language endangerment and verbal hygiene: History, morality and politics	p. 268
Index	p. 286
Table of Contents provided by Ingram. All Rights Reserved.

FREE SHIPPING

Amazon no longer offers textbook rentals. We do!

Discourses of Endangerment Ideology and Interest in the Defence of Languages

Summary

Table of Contents

Supplemental Materials