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Record Nr.

UNINA9910787959303321

Titolo

Language, Education and Nation-building [[electronic resource] ] : Assimilation and Shift in Southeast Asia / / edited by P. Sercombe, R. Tupas

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2014

ISBN

1-349-54633-X

1-137-45553-5

Edizione

[1st ed. 2014.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (279 p.)

Collana

Palgrave Studies in Minority Languages and Communities

Classificazione

LAN009000EDU000000FOR025000

Disciplina

306.440959

Soggetti

Sociolinguistics

Oriental literature

Languages

Language and languages

Education

Asian Literature

Asian Languages

Education, general

Southeast Asia Languages

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; List of Figures, Tables and Maps; Series Editors' Preface; Acknowledgements; Notes on Contributors; Language, Education and Nation-building in Southeast Asia: An Introduction; 1 Brunei Darussalam: Issues of Language, Identity and Education; 2 Diversity and 'Development': The Challenges of Education in Cambodia; 3 From Sentimentalism to Pragmatism? Language-in-education Policy-making in Timor-Leste; 4 Language Shift and Language Maintenance in Indonesia; 5 Language/ing in Education: Policy Discourse, Classroom Talk and Ethnic Identities in the Lao PDR

6 Political, Educational and Socioeconomic Motivations for Language Shift in Multilingual Malaysia7 Language, Education and Nation-building in Myanmar; 8 A 'New' Politics of Language in the Philippines:



Bilingual Education and the New Challenge of the Mother Tongues; 9 The Minoritization of Languages in Singapore; 10 Languages, Identities and Education in Thailand; 11 Language Policies in Modern-day Vietnam: Changes, Challenges and Complexities; Epilogue - The Dwindling Cultural and Linguistic Diversity of Southeast Asian Societies: Comparative Reflections from an Anthropological Perspective

Index

Sommario/riassunto

This volume tracks the complex relationships between language, education and nation-building in Southeast Asia, focusing on how language policies have been used by states and governments as instruments of control, assimilation and empowerment. Leading scholars have contributed chapters each representing one of the countries in the region.