The Cambridge Handbook of Language Policy Bernard Spolsky

By:

Spolsky, Bernard

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Cambridge handbooks in language and linguisticsPublication details: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012.Description: xvi, 738 pages : illustrations ; 26 cmISBN:

9781108454117

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DDC classification:

306.449 SPO

Contents:

What is language policy? / Bernard Spolsky -- History of the field : a sketch / Björn Jernudd and Jiří Nekvapil -- Philosophy of language policy / Denise Réaume and Meital Pinto -- Language policy, the nation and nationalism / Sue Wright -- Ethnic identity and language policy / Ofelia García -- Diversity and language policy for endangered languages / Julia Sallabank -- Language is just a tool! On the instrumentalist approach to language / David Robichaud and Helder De Schutter -- Language policy at the supranational level / Fernand de Varennes -- Language policy, territorialism and regional autonomy / Colin H. Williams -- Imperialism and colonialism / Robert Phillipson -- Language policy at the municipal level / Peter Backhaus -- Language policy and management in service domains : brokering communication for linguistic minorities in the community / Claudia V. Angelelli -- US language policy in defence and attack / Richard D. Brecht and William P. Rivers -- Language policy and medium of instruction in formal education / Stephen L. Walter and Carol Benson -- Language policy in education : additional languages / Jasone Cenoz and Durk Gorter -- Language policy in the workplace / Alexandre Duchêne and Monica Heller -- Language policy and religion / Christina Bratt Paulston and Jonathan M. Watt -- Language policy in the family / Stephen J. Caldas -- Language policies and the Deaf community / Sherman E. Wilcox, Verena Krausneker and David F. Armstrong -- Transnationalism, migration and language education policy / Kendall A. King and Adam C. Rambow -- Language management agencies / John Edwards -- Literacy and writing reform / Florian Coulmas and Federica Guerini -- Language activism and language policy / Mary Carol Combs and Susan D. Penfield -- English in language policy and management / Gibson Ferguson -- National language revival movements : reflections from India, Israel, Indonesia and Ireland / Joseph Lo Bianco -- Colonial and post-colonial language policies in Africa : historical and emerging landscapes / Sinfree Makoni [and others] -- Indigenous language planning and policy in the Americas / Teresa L. McCarty -- Language policy in the European Union (EU) / Ulrich Ammon -- Language policy management in the former Soviet sphere / Gabrielle Hogan-Brun and Svitlana Melnyk -- Language policy in Asia and the Pacific / Richard B. Baldauf Jr. and Hoa Thi Mai Nguyen.

Summary: This is the first Handbook to deal with language policy as a whole and is a complete 'state-of-the-field' survey, covering language practices, beliefs about language varieties, and methods and agencies for language management. It will be welcomed by students, researchers and language professionals in linguistics, education and politics.

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What is language policy? / Bernard Spolsky --
History of the field : a sketch / Björn Jernudd and Jiří Nekvapil --
Philosophy of language policy / Denise Réaume and Meital Pinto --
Language policy, the nation and nationalism / Sue Wright --
Ethnic identity and language policy / Ofelia García --
Diversity and language policy for endangered languages / Julia Sallabank --
Language is just a tool! On the instrumentalist approach to language / David Robichaud and Helder De Schutter --
Language policy at the supranational level / Fernand de Varennes --
Language policy, territorialism and regional autonomy / Colin H. Williams --
Imperialism and colonialism / Robert Phillipson --
Language policy at the municipal level / Peter Backhaus --
Language policy and management in service domains : brokering communication for linguistic minorities in the community / Claudia V. Angelelli --
US language policy in defence and attack / Richard D. Brecht and William P. Rivers --
Language policy and medium of instruction in formal education / Stephen L. Walter and Carol Benson --
Language policy in education : additional languages / Jasone Cenoz and Durk Gorter --
Language policy in the workplace / Alexandre Duchêne and Monica Heller --
Language policy and religion / Christina Bratt Paulston and Jonathan M. Watt --
Language policy in the family / Stephen J. Caldas --
Language policies and the Deaf community / Sherman E. Wilcox, Verena Krausneker and David F. Armstrong --
Transnationalism, migration and language education policy / Kendall A. King and Adam C. Rambow --
Language management agencies / John Edwards --
Literacy and writing reform / Florian Coulmas and Federica Guerini --
Language activism and language policy / Mary Carol Combs and Susan D. Penfield --
English in language policy and management / Gibson Ferguson --
National language revival movements : reflections from India, Israel, Indonesia and Ireland / Joseph Lo Bianco --
Colonial and post-colonial language policies in Africa : historical and emerging landscapes / Sinfree Makoni [and others] --
Indigenous language planning and policy in the Americas / Teresa L. McCarty --
Language policy in the European Union (EU) / Ulrich Ammon --
Language policy management in the former Soviet sphere / Gabrielle Hogan-Brun and Svitlana Melnyk --
Language policy in Asia and the Pacific / Richard B. Baldauf Jr. and Hoa Thi Mai Nguyen.

This is the first Handbook to deal with language policy as a whole and is a complete 'state-of-the-field' survey, covering language practices, beliefs about language varieties, and methods and agencies for language management. It will be welcomed by students, researchers and language professionals in linguistics, education and politics.

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