Buch, Englisch, 304 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 462 g
Reihe: Advances in Sociolinguistics
Ideology and Interest in the Defence of Languages
Buch, Englisch, 304 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 462 g
Reihe: Advances in Sociolinguistics
ISBN: 978-1-84706-322-9
Verlag: Continnuum-3PL
Current academic discussions and public debates about language frequently focus on the importance of defending languages against various kinds of dangers. Many of these current debates attach great importance to linguistic diversity. The debates focus on defending institutionalized languages against multilingualism, or conversely defending minority languages against the incursion of larger ones, especially the spread of English. In both cases, languages are constructed as autonomous wholes, held to need defending against attack. This book challenges such a view of language, to argue that the discussions in question are not in fact about language itself. The internationally renowned contributors claim that we are witnessing ideological struggles which are taking place on the terrain of language.
