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Author Wright, Sue, 1947-

Title Language policy and language planning : from nationalism to globalisation / Sue Wright.

Publication Info. New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2004.

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 Moore Stacks  P40.5.l35 W75 2004    Available  ---
Description ix, 311 pages ; 23 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-305) and index.
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 -- 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.
Subject Language planning -- History.
Language planning.
History.
Language policy -- History.
Language policy.
ISBN 0333986415
0333986423 paperback