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Author Phillipson, Robert

Title Linguistic Human Rights : Overcoming Linguistic Discrimination
Published Berlin : De Gruyter, 1994

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Description 1 online resource (484 pages)
Series Contributions to the Sociology of Language [CSL] ; v. 67
Contributions to the Sociology of Language CSL
Contents Introduction; I THE SCOPE OF LINGUISTIC HUMAN RIGHTS; Section introduction; Combining immigrant and autochthonous language rights: a territorial approach to multilingualism François Grin; On the limits of ethnolinguistic democracy Joshua A. Fishman; Linguistic human rights and educational policy in Russia Alexei A. Leontiev; Linguistic human rights, past and present Tove Skutnabb-Kangas -- Robert Phillipson; Typology of language legislation Joseph-G. Turi; Personal names and human rights Björn H. Jernudd; II COUNTRY STUDIES: TOWARDS EMPOWERMENT; Section introduction
Language policy in the United States: a history of cultural genocide Eduardo Hernández-ChávezThe discourse of disinformation: the debate on bilingual education and language rights in the United States Jim Cummins; Beyond linguistic policy: the Soviet Union versus Estonia Mart Rannut; Māori language rights in New Zealand Tīmoti S. Kāretu; The Sámi Language Act Ole Henrik Magga; Australia's language policies and minority rights: a core value perspective J.J. Smolicz; Combating educational disadvantage among Lebanese Australian children John Gibbons -- William White -- Pauline Gibbons
III POST-COLONIAL DILEMMAS AND STRUGGLESSection introduction; Indigenous education in Latin America: policies and legal frameworks Rainer Enrique Hamel; Linguistic rights for Amerindian peoples in Latin America Rainer Enrique Hamel; "Minority" cultures and their communication rights Lachman M. Khubchandani; Kashmiri, a majority-minority language: an exploratory essay Makhan L. Tickoo; Language rights in postcolonial Africa Robert Phillipson -- Tove Skutnabb-Kangas; Killing a mother tongue -- how the Kurds are deprived of linguistic human rights Tove Skutnabb-Kangas -- Sertaç Bucak; Appendix
Extracts from selected UN and regional documents covering linguistic human rights, proposals for such and resolutions on language rightsConsolidated bibliography; Notes on contributors; Language index; Person index; Subject index
Summary Only a few hundred of the world's languages have any kind of official status, and it is only speakers of official languages (speakers of dominant majority languages) who enjoy all linguistic human rights. As many of the collected papers in this book document, most linguistic minorities are deprived of these rights. This volume describes what linguistic human rights are, who has and who does not have them and why and suggests which linguistic rights should be regarded as basic human rights. ""Linguistic Human Rights"" introduces an area that combines sociolinguistics, educational and minority c
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 413-453) and indexes
Subject Linguistic minorities -- Government policy
Language policy.
Human rights.
Language and education.
Human rights
Language and education
Language policy
Linguistic minorities -- Government policy
Menschenrecht
Sprachpolitik
Sprachliche Minderheit
Mensenrechten.
Taalminderheden.
Taalonderwijs.
Taalpolitiek.
Politique linguistique.
Minorités linguistiques.
Langue maternelle et éducation.
Intégration sociale.
Form Electronic book
Author Skutnabb-Kangas, Tove
LC no. 94026525
ISBN 9783110866391
3110866390