Language policy and language planning : from nationalism to globalisation /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wright, Sue, 1947- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
Edition:Second edition.
Subjects:
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Table of Contents:
  • 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
  • Lingua Francas for the new millennium
  • Globalisation and rethinking the concept of language
  • New discourse, new legal instruments and a new political context for minorities and their languages
  • New polities and new nation building
  • Endangered languages
  • Conclusion: community and transcendence.