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Record Nr.

UNINA9910959080803321

Autore

Pauwels Anne

Titolo

Maintaining Minority Languages in Transnational Contexts : Australian and European Perspectives / / edited by A. Pauwels, J. Winter, J. Lo Bianco

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2007

ISBN

9786611283308

9781281283306

1281283304

9780230206397

0230206395

Edizione

[1st ed. 2007.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 209 pages)

Collana

Palgrave Studies in Minority Languages and Communities, , 2947-5899

Altri autori (Persone)

WinterJoanne <1958->

Lo BiancoJoseph

Disciplina

306.44/94

Soggetti

Applied linguistics

Sociolinguistics

Race

Human rights

Printing

Publishers and publishing

Applied Linguistics

Race and Ethnicity Studies

Human Rights

Printing and Publishing

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Demography and meaning -- pt. 2. Policy and planning -- pt. 3. Policy and practice in specific settings.

Sommario/riassunto

Deals with challenges to the maintenance of minority (or community) languages in this era of globalization and increasing transnational movements of people. The contributors, experts in language policy, language maintenance and multilingualism offer complementary



perspectives from Australia and Europe on the maintenance of linguistic diversity.