The Making of Monolingual Japan Language Ideology and Japanese Modernity
, by Heinrich, PatrickNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9781847696571 | 1847696570
- Cover: Hardcover
- Copyright: 2/10/2012
Japan is regarded as a model case of successful language modernization. It is also often erroneously believed to be linguistically homogenous. This book explores the debates relating to language modernization from a language ideology perspective, and in doing so reveals the mechanisms by which language ideology undermines linguistic diversity.