Linguistic Minorities, Policies and Pluralism
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Linguistic Minorities, Policies and Pluralism

Applied Language Studies

  1. 332 pages
  2. English
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eBook - PDF

Linguistic Minorities, Policies and Pluralism

Applied Language Studies

About this book

Linguistic Minorities, Policies and Pluralism examines the position of some linguistic minority groups, including policies that affect them. This book provides a useful perspective on group relations, emphasizing the aims, purposes, and values held by the societies in which linguistic minority groups exist. The structure of society and perceptions of pluralism and assimilation are also described. This text demonstrates that there is not a simple opposition between pluralism and assimilation, there are difficulties with educational programs intended to support minority group language and identity, minority views are not themselves homogeneous, and advocates of cultural pluralism often hold over-simplified and unrealistic ideas. This publication is a good reference for students and researchers conducting work on pluralism, assimilation, language maintenance/shift, and ethnolinguistic identity.

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Table of contents

  1. Font Cover
  2. Linguistic Minorities, Policies and Pluralism
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Contributors
  6. Biographical Notes
  7. Preface
  8. Introduction
  9. Chapter 1. Children of guest workers and immigrants: linguistic and educational issues
  10. Chapter 2. Language policy in multicultural Britain
  11. Chapter 3. Linguistic minorities and multicultural policy in Canada
  12. Chapter 4. Ethnolinguistic minorities and multicultural policy in Australia
  13. Chapter 6. Bilingual education and its social implications
  14. Chapter 7. More than tongue can tell: linguistic factors in ethnic separatism
  15. Chapter 8. Pluralism and assimilation: a conceptual history
  16. Chapter 9. Language, ethnic identity and change
  17. Chapter 10. Language, diversity and identity
  18. Name Index
  19. Subject Index