State traditions and language regimes / edited by Linda Cardinal and Selma K. Sonntag.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cardinal, Linda, 1959- editor.

Sonntag, Selma K., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language policy.

Language and languages--Political aspects.

Language and languages.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (312 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Montréal, [Quebećbec] : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Original and provocative analyses of how state traditions inform language policy choices in Asia, Europe, and North America.

Contents:

Introduction : State traditions and language regimes : conceptualizing language policy changes / Selma K. Sonntag and Linda Cardinal

State tradition and language regime in Canada / Linda Cardinal

State tradition and language regime in the United States : time for change? / Selma K. Sonntag

The Irish language regime and language ideology in Ireland / John Walsh

Poland's language regime governing Kashubian and Silesian / Roman Szul

Language policies, globalization, and global English : bringing the state back in / Peter Ives

Bureaucratic language regimes in multilingual states : comparing Belgium and Canada / Luc Turgeon and Alain-G. Gagnon

The politics of language regime : a comparative analysis of Southeast Asia / Amy H. Liu

Mandarin state tradition and language regime change in Taiwan / Jean-François Dupré

State tradition and regional languages in France : the case of Basque / Jean-Baptiste Harguindéguy and Xabier Itçaina

Canada's official languages policy and the federal public service / Helaina Gaspard

India's language regime : the eighth schedule / Ahsa Sarangi

State tradition, language, and education policies in France / Nuria Garcia

The language politics of peace-building / Catherine Baker

Postscript : Reflections on states and the uses of language policy / Wiliam Safran.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 1, 2015).

ISBN:

9780773582941

0773582940

9780773582897

0773582894

OCLC:

921534109