Harold Schiffman

Linguistic Culture and Language Policy

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 364
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. März 1998
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 200mm x 155mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 513g
• ISBN-13: 9780415184069
• ISBN-10: 0415184061
• Artikelnr.: 21496122

Autorenporträt

Harold F.Schiffman is Professor of South Asian Regional Studies and Luce Professor of Language Learning at the University of Pennsylvania.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Introduction: language policy and linguistic culture
Chapter 2 Typologies of multilingualism and typologies of language policy
Chapter 3 Religion, myth and linguistic culture
Chapter 4 Language policy and linguistic culture in France
Chapter 5 French in the marginal areas: Alsace and the other regions
Chapter 6 Indian linguistic culture and the genesis of language policy in the subcontinent
Chapter 7 Language policy and linguistic culture in Tamilnadu
Chapter 8 Language policy in the United States
Chapter 9 Language policy in California
Chapter 10 Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography Index