| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 350 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
Introduction: Toward an Ethos of Diversity ; "Diversity Is Diverse": Complex Diversity and Deep Diversity ; 1 Choosing Concepts for Sustainable Diversity Management Policies ; Problematizing the Ethos of Diversity: Majority National Languages and Official Language Policy ; 2 Multilingualism without Multiculturalism? The Case of Luxembourg ; 3 The Future of Multilingualismin Post-Soviet Central Asia: The Case of Kazakhstan ; Protecting and Revitalizing Endangered Traditional Minority Languages ; 4 Minority Language Protection in Italy and Local Initiatives to Protect Francoprovençal in Apulia ; 5 Dyw un iaith byth yn ddigon -- One Language Is Never Enough: Language Policy and Translation in Modern Wales ; 6 International Models of Language Policy and Language Planning: Official Bilingualism in Ireland and Sociolinguistic Reality ; Indigenous Languages and Official Language Policy: The Canadian Example ; 7 Language, Education, and the Structuring of Canada's Social Sphere ; 8 Indigenizing Language Policy in Canada: Redressing Racial Hierarchies in Language and Education; Decolonization and Official Language Policy: The African Example ; 9 The Promotion of Languages in Nigeria: An Example of Problematic Official Multilingualism in Africa ; 10 Denying Linguistic and Cultural Pluralism in Algeria: An Official Model of Diversity Management ; Challenging the Limits of Official Language Policy ; 11 Challenging the Borders of Nation: Language and Translational Language Policy in the Plurilingual Romani Context ; Afterword: Diversity Must Remain Diverse |
| Summary |
An examination of the interdisciplinary field of language policy offering a rich collection of new research on diversity and multilingualism |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed December 11, 2018) |
| Subject |
Language policy -- Case studies
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Linguistic minorities -- Case studies
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Multilingualism -- Case studies
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- General.
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Language policy
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Linguistic minorities
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Multilingualism
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Case studies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Lane-Mercier, Gillian, editor
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Merkle, Denise, editor
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Koustas, Jane, 1954- editor
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| ISBN |
9780773555877 |
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0773555870 |
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9780773555884 |
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0773555889 |
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