Bernard Spolsky

Broschiertes Buch

Language Policy

Beschreibung

Bernard Spolsky looks at the many debates at the forefront of language policy in this up-to-date introduction. The topics covered include ideas of correctness and bad language; bilingualism and multilingualism; language death and efforts to preserve endangered languages; language choice as a human and civil right; and language education policy. Spolsky develops a theory of modern national language policy and the major forces controlling it and explores questions that arise concerning the recognition of language policies and language management.

Autor

Bernard Spolsky is Emeritus Professor at Bar-Ilan University, Israel, and Senior Associate, the National Foreign Language Center at the University of Maryland.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. August 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 337g
• ISBN-13: 9780521011754
• ISBN-10: 0521011752
• Artikelnr.: 22333180