An Introduction to Language Policy: Theory and Method

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Thomas Ricento
John Wiley & Sons, 4 feb 2009 - 384 pagina's

An Introduction to Language Policy: Theories and Method is a collection of newly-written chapters that cover the major theories and methods currently employed by scholars active in the field.

  • provides an accessible introduction to the study of language policy research and language’s role in social life
  • consists of newly commissioned essays written by internationally recognized scholars
  • helps define and describe a growing field of inquiry and is an authoritative source for students, scholars and researchers in linguistics, applied linguistics, education, policy studies and related areas
  • includes section overviews, annotated chapter bibliographies, and discussion questions
 

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An Overview Thomas Ricento
3
Theory and Practice An Introduction Thomas Ricento
10
chapter two Frameworks and Models in Language Policy and Planning Nancy HHornberger
24
chapter three Critical Theory in Language Policy James WTollefson
42
chapter four Postmodernism in Language Policy Alastair Pennycook
60
chapter five Economic Considerations in Language Policy François Grin
77
chapter six Political Theory and Language Policy Ronald SchmidtSr
95
chapter seven Language Policy and Linguistic Culture Harold Schiffman
111
chapter eleven Geolinguistic Analysis in Language Policy Don Cartwright
194
chapter twelve PsychoSociological Analysis in Language Policy Colin Baker
210
part III Topical Areas in Language Policy
229
An Overview Thomas Ricento
231
chapter thirteen Language Policy and National Identity Jan Blommaert
238
chapter fourteen Language Policy and Minority Rights Stephen May
255
chapter fifteen Language Policy and Linguistic Human Rights Tove SkutnabbKangas
273
chapter sixteen Language Policies and the Education of Linguistic Minorities Christina Bratt Paulston and Kai Heidemann
292

part II Methodological Perspectives in Language Policy
127
An Overview Thomas Ricento
129
Implications for the Study of Language Policy and Planning Terrence GWiley
135
chapter nine Ethnographic Methods in Language Policy Suresh Canagarajah
153
chapter ten Linguistic Analyses in Language Policies Ruth Wodak
170
chapter seventeen Language Policy and Language Shift Joshua AFishman
311
chapter eighteen Language Policy and Sign Languages Timothy Reagan
329
chapter nineteen Language Policy and Linguistic Imperialism Robert Phillipson
346
Index
362
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Thomas Ricento is Professor in the Division of Bicultural-Bilingual Studies at the University of Texas at San Antonio. He is founding co-editor of the Journal of Language, Identity, and Education (with Terrence Wiley) and his publications include Americanization and Ideologies of Language (2005), and Ideology, Politics and Language Policies: Focus on English (edited, 2000).

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