Language, Nation and Power An Introduction

Language, Nation and Power provides students with a discussion of the ways in which language has been (and is) used to construct national or ethnic identity. Using examples from around the world and from different historical periods, the book focuses on the processes by which a language can be planned and standardized and what the results of these processes are for both the language and the people who speak it.

Robert McColl Millar is the Coordinator, Language and Linguistics Programme at the School of Language and Literature, University of Aberdeen.

List of Maps and Figures

vi

Acknowledgements

vii

Preface

viii

An Introduction: Diglossia and its Aftermath

1

(8)

Nation and Language

9

(22)

Language and Dialect

31

(28)

Language Standardization: Process

59

(14)

Language Standardization: Testing the Models

73

(21)

Language Planning: Process

94

(21)

Language Planning: Testing the Models

115

(39)

Language and Nation-building

154

(45)

Conclusion

199

(7)

Notes

206

(5)

Bibliography

211

(13)

Index

224

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Language, Nation and Power An Introduction

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