Linguistic culture and language policy [Book] / Harold F. Schiffman.

By:

Schiffman, Harold F

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Politics of languagePublication details: New York : Routledge, 1998, ♭1996.Description: xii, 351 pages : illustrations ; 21 cmISBN:

0415184061 (paperback)
9780415184069 (paperback)
0415128757 (hardback)

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DDC classification:

306.449 20

Other classification:

306.449

Summary: By looking closely at the multilingual democracies 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. Linguistic Culture and Language Policy exposes language policy as culture-specific, helping us to understand why language policies evolve the way they do; why they work, or not; and how people's lives are affected by them. These issues will be of specific interest to linguists specialising in multilingual/multicultural societies, bilingual educationalists, curriculum planners and teachers.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Books	Junaid Zaidi Library, COMSATS University Islamabad 2nd Floor	306.449 SCH-L (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		59044
Books	Junaid Zaidi Library, COMSATS University Islamabad Ground Floor	519.502855133 CRA-S (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		51025

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First published in paperback 1998. Transferred to digital printing 2004.

By looking closely at the multilingual democracies 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. Linguistic Culture and Language Policy exposes language policy as culture-specific, helping us to understand why language policies evolve the way they do; why they work, or not; and how people's lives are affected by them. These issues will be of specific interest to linguists specialising in multilingual/multicultural societies, bilingual educationalists, curriculum planners and teachers.

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