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By looking closely at the multilingual democracies of India, France and the USA, Harold F. Schiffman examines how language policy is primarily a social construct based on belief systems, attitudes and myths. Linguistic Culture and Language Policy exposes language policy as culture-specific, helping us to understand why language policies evolve the way they do; why they work, or not; and how people's lives are affected by them. These issues will be of specific interest to linguists specialising in multilingual/multicultural societies, bilingual educationalists, curriculum planners and teachers.
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The Politics of Language: Linguistic Culture and Language Policy, Harold F. Schiffman
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- Released
- 1998
- Binding
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- Title
- The Politics of Language: Linguistic Culture and Language Policy
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Harold F. Schiffman
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Released
- 1998
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 364
- ISBN10
- 0415184061
- ISBN13
- 9780415184069
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Social Sciences, Language Textbooks & Dictionaries, Political Science & Politics, Multiculturalism
- Rating
- 3.5 out of 5
- Description
- By looking closely at the multilingual democracies of India, France and the USA, Harold F. Schiffman examines how language policy is primarily a social construct based on belief systems, attitudes and myths. Linguistic Culture and Language Policy exposes language policy as culture-specific, helping us to understand why language policies evolve the way they do; why they work, or not; and how people's lives are affected by them. These issues will be of specific interest to linguists specialising in multilingual/multicultural societies, bilingual educationalists, curriculum planners and teachers.