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- catalog abstract ""Language allows humans to act cooperatively, to plan and to remember. It is the prime factor in the constitution of groups as well as a major barrier between groups. Language policy and planning is rarely just about language; it always has political, social and ethical dimensions. This is a comprehensive advanced textbook, covering not only language learning imposed by economic or political agendas but also language choices entered into freely for reasons of social mobility, economic advantage or group identity."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b13096610.
- catalog created "2004.".
- catalog date "2004".
- catalog date "2004.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2004.".
- catalog description ""Language allows humans to act cooperatively, to plan and to remember. It is the prime factor in the constitution of groups as well as a major barrier between groups. Language policy and planning is rarely just about language; it always has political, social and ethical dimensions. This is a comprehensive advanced textbook, covering not only language learning imposed by economic or political agendas but also language choices entered into freely for reasons of social mobility, economic advantage or group identity."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "From language continuum to linguistic mosaic : European language communities from the feudal period to the age of nationalism -- Language planning in state nations and nation states -- Nation building in the wake of colonialism : old concepts in new settings -- Transcending the group : languages of contact and lingua francas -- French : the rise and fall of a prestige lingua franca -- English : from language of empire to language of globalisation -- Language in a postnational era : hegemony or transcendence? -- New discourse, new legal instruments, and new political context for minorities and their languages -- The fragmentation of the old nation states and the rise of small nations -- Endangered languages.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-305) and index.".
- catalog extent "ix, 311 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0333986415".
- catalog identifier "0333986423 (pbk.)".
- catalog issued "2004".
- catalog issued "2004.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Palgrave Macmillan,".
- catalog subject "306.44/9/09 21".
- catalog subject "Language planning History.".
- catalog subject "Language policy History.".
- catalog subject "P40.5.L35 W75 2004".
- catalog tableOfContents "From language continuum to linguistic mosaic : European language communities from the feudal period to the age of nationalism -- Language planning in state nations and nation states -- Nation building in the wake of colonialism : old concepts in new settings -- Transcending the group : languages of contact and lingua francas -- French : the rise and fall of a prestige lingua franca -- English : from language of empire to language of globalisation -- Language in a postnational era : hegemony or transcendence? -- New discourse, new legal instruments, and new political context for minorities and their languages -- The fragmentation of the old nation states and the rise of small nations -- Endangered languages.".
- catalog title "Language policy and language planning : from nationalism to globalisation / Sue Wright.".
- catalog type "text".