Language Policy and Language Planning

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Language allows human beings to act cooperatively, to plan and to remember. It is a prime factor in the constitution of social groups as well as a major barrier between groups. Language policy and planning is rarely just about language; it always has social, political and economic dimensions. This revised second edition is a comprehensive overview of why we speak the languages that we do. It covers language learning imposed by political and economic agendas as well as language choices entered into willingly for reasons of social mobility, economic advantage and group identity. The first part of the book reviews the development and role of standard languages in the construction of national communities and identities. The second section examines the linguistic accommodation necessary when groups come into contact, and charts why lingua francas rise and fall. There is speculation on the future of International English as other power centres develop. The third section explores reactions tonationalism and globalisation, with a discussion of language rights and the problems of language revitalisation.
This revised second edition is a comprehensive overview of why we speak the languages that we do. It covers language learning imposed by political and economic agendas as well as language choices entered into willingly for reasons of social mobility, economic advantage and group identity.

Takes a broad approach to the subject fits the requirements for 'language and politics', language in society', 'language planning', 'bilingualism' courses which are core to linguistics graduate and undergraduate study Would sell also to politics students and researchers re: ethnicity, globalization and nationalism, social policy studies Uniquely deals with both language choice imposed for political reasons and language choices made freely for social mobility, economic advantage, group identity reasons Discusses 'hot' topics of language rights, endangered languages, 'International English', standard vs nonstandard varieties Case studies from round the world

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Sue Wright

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“The intended readership of the book is broad, and may include sociolinguists, diachronic linguistics researchers, general language researchers, and anyone who shows an interest in investigations into language problems, language policy, and language planning. … the book remains a great contribution to the area of language policy and language planning and deserves my wholehearted recommendation.” (Haoda Feng, Language in Society, Vol. 48 (2), April, 2019)

“Sue Wright's intellectually provocative book holds real implications for EU policies, for educational policies, and for governments that still act as they did in the nineteenth century.” (Christina Paulston, University of Pittsburgh, USA)

“One of the best attempts to treat the subject of language in modern Europe I've ever read. Sue Wright not only masters the relevant details of European history but also the historical interpretations of those details.” (John E. Joseph, Professor of Applied Linguistics, University of Edinburgh, UK)

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