UID:
edocfu_9959234430802883
Format:
1 online resource (364 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-134-67000-1
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1-134-67001-X
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1-280-33329-4
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0-203-27348-6
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0-203-02156-8
Series Statement:
Politics of language
Content:
By looking closely at the multilingual deomocracies 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.
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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1. Introduction : language policy and linguistic culture -- 2. Typologies of multilingualism and typologies of language policy -- 3. Religion, myth and linguistic culture -- 4. Language policy and linguistic culture in France -- 5. French in the marginal areas : Alsace and the sother regions -- 6. Indian linguistic culture and the genesis of language policy in the subcontinent -- 7. Language policy and linguistic culture in Tamilnadu -- 8. Language policy in the United States -- 9. Language policy in California -- 10. Conclusion.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-12875-7
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-18406-1
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4324/9780203021569
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