Language Policy - Bernard Spolsky

In this 2003 introduction, Bernard Spolsky delves into the critical debates surrounding language policy. The topics explored include ideas of correctness and bad language, bilingualism and multilingualism, language death and preservation efforts, language choice as a human and civil right, and language education policy.

Spolsky develops a theory of modern national language policy by examining the language practices, beliefs, and management of social groups ranging from families to supra-national organizations. He also discusses the major forces that control national language policy, such as the demands for efficient communication, pressure for national identity, the influence of English as a global language, and the growing concern for human and civil rights as they relate to language.

This wide-ranging survey raises two central questions: how to recognize language policies and whether language can be managed at all.

• Author: Spolsky, Bernard
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Illustration: N
• Language: ENG
• Title: Language Policy
• Pages: 00264 (Encrypted)
• On Sale: 2003-12-11
• SKU-13/ISBN: 9780521804615
• Lib Category: Language policy
• Lib Category: Language planning
• Category: Language Arts & Disciplines : Linguistics - General