Linguistic culture and language policy / Harold F. Schiffman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schiffman, Harold F.

Schiffman H Staff, Corporate Author.

Series:

Politics of language.

Politics of language

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language policy.

Language and culture.

Lenguaje y politica.

Local Subjects:

Lenguaje y politica.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (364 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

By looking closely at the multilingual deomocracies 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.

Contents:

1. Introduction : language policy and linguistic culture

2. Typologies of multilingualism and typologies of language policy

3. Religion, myth and linguistic culture

4. Language policy and linguistic culture in France

5. French in the marginal areas : Alsace and the sother regions

6. Indian linguistic culture and the genesis of language policy in the subcontinent

7. Language policy and linguistic culture in Tamilnadu

8. Language policy in the United States

9. Language policy in California

10. Conclusion.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [322]-340) and index.

ISBN:

1-134-67000-1

1-134-67001-X

1-280-33329-4

0-203-27348-6

0-203-02156-8

9780203021569

OCLC:

475876239