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Record Nr.

UNINA9910826148403321

Titolo

Sociopolitical perspectives on language policy and planning in the USA / / edited by Thom Huebner, Kathryn A. Davis ; with assistance from Joseph Lo Bianco

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, PA, : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., c1999

ISBN

1-282-16310-8

9786612163104

90-272-9888-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (382 p.)

Collana

Studies in bilingualism, , 0928-1533 ; ; v. 16

Altri autori (Persone)

HuebnerThom

DavisKathryn Anne

Lo BiancoJoseph

Disciplina

306.44/973

Soggetti

Language policy - United States

Language planning - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

SOCIOPOLITICAL PERSPECTIVES ON LANGUAGE POLICY AND PLANNING IN THE USA; Editorial page; Title page; LCC page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Language Policy/Planning Frameworks; Policy and Politics; Praxis; List of Contributors; List of publications by Charlene Junko Sato; Preface; Acknowledgements; Index; The Series STUDIES IN BILINGUALISM

Sommario/riassunto

This volume is the result of a colloquium on socio-political dimensions of language policy and language planning held at the 1997 American Association of Applied Linguistics (AAAL) Conference. The focus is on language planning and policy in the USA, but the issues raised will be applicable to other parts of the world as well.Three broad issues are addressed: general aspects, case studies dealing with certain languages or ethnic groups, and language planning in practice. The first, general, part, provides a historical analysis of language planning and language policy in the US, and procee