Handbook of Language and Communication: Diversity and Change
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Handbook of Language and Communication: Diversity and Change

  1. 806 pages
  2. English
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Handbook of Language and Communication: Diversity and Change

About this book

In line with the overall perspective of the Handbook series, the focus of Vol.9 is on language-related problems arising in the context of linguistic diversity and change, and the contributions Applied Linguistics can offer for solutions.

Part I, "Language minorities and inequality," presents situations of language contact and linguistic diversity as world-wide phenomena. The focus is on indigenous and immigrant linguistic minorities, their (lack of) access to linguistic rights through language policies and the impact on their linguistic future .Part II "Language planning and language change," focuses on the impact of colonialism, imperialism, globalisation and economics as factors that language policies and planning measures must account for in responding to problems deriving from language contact and linguistic diversity. Part III, "Language variation and change in institutional contexts," examines language-related problems in selected institutional areas of communication (education, the law, religion, science, the Internet) which will often derive from socioeconomic, cultural and other non-linguistic asymmetries. Part IV, "The discourse of linguistic diversity and language change," analyses linguistic diversity, language change and language reform as issues of public debates which are informed by different ideological positions, values and attitudes (e.g. with reference to sexism, racism, and political correctness).The volume also contains extensive reference sections and index material.

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Table of contents

  1. Frontmatter
  2. Contents
  3. Language and communication: Diversity and change – An introduction
  4. 1. Regional and immigrant minority languages in Europe
  5. 2. Immigrant language minorities in the United States
  6. 3. Immigrant minorities: Australia
  7. 4. Linguistic diversity: Africa
  8. 5. Linguistic diversity: Asia
  9. 6. Language contact, culture and ecology
  10. 7. Models and approaches in language policy and planning
  11. 8. Back from the brink: The revival of endangered languages
  12. 9. Economics and language policy
  13. 10. Language and colonialism
  14. 11. Linguistic imperialism? English as a global language
  15. 12. Language planning and language rights
  16. 13. Language and education
  17. 14. Forensic linguistics
  18. 15. Language and religion
  19. 16. Language, war, and peace
  20. 17. Language and science
  21. 18. Multilingualism on the Internet
  22. 19. Attitudes to language and communication
  23. 20. Language, racism, and ethnicity
  24. 21. Language and sexism
  25. 22. Linguistic diversity and language standardization
  26. 23. Borrowing as language conflict
  27. 24. Political correctness and freedom of speech
  28. Backmatter