Language, a right and a resource : approaching linguistic human rights
"This study broadens our knowledge of the important role of language in minority rights and in social and political struggles for LHRs. Exploring the interactions of linguistic diversity, biodiversity, the free market and human rights, the contributors present case studies to highlight such issues as Kurdish satellite TV attempting to create a virtual state on the air through trying to achieve basic LHRs for Kurds in Turkey; the implementation of LHRs in the Baltic states; language rights activism in Canada; the spread of English as an international language; and the obstacles met in education by Roma and the Deaf in Hungary because of lack of appropriate LHRs." "Language: A Right and a Resource is a multi-disciplinary text which can be used in a variety of different areas of study in the legal profession, linguistics, cultural and political studies."--Jacket
Print Book, English, 1999
Central European University Press, New York, 1999
xi, 346 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
9789639116634, 9789639116641, 9639116637, 9639116645
663372473
Conceptualising and implementing linguistic human rights / Miklós Kontra, Robert Phillipson, Tove Skutnabb-Kangas, Tibor Várady
International languages and international human rights / Robert Phillipson
Heroes, rebels, communities and states in language rights activism and litigation / Angéline Martel
"Don't speak Hungarian in public!" : a documentation and analysis of folk linguistic rights / Miklós Kontra
The common language problem / Mart Rannut
The existing rights of minorities in international law / Fernand de Varennes
The Slovak state language law as a trade law problem / Bart Driessen
Market forces, language spread and linguistic diversity / François Grin
Linguistic diversity, human rights and the "free" market / Tove Skutnabb-Kangas. Language rights in the emerging world linguistic order : the state, the market and communication technologies / Amir Hassanpour
Separating language from ethnicity : the paradoxes of strict language policies and increasing social harmony in the Baltic states / Uldis Ozolins
Language policy in a changing society : problematic issues in the implementation of international linguistic human rights standards / Ina Druviete
The recognition of sign language : a threat or the way to a solution? / István Muzsnai
Linguistic human rights problems among Romani and Boyash speakers in Hungary with special attention to education / Andrea Szalai
Contempt for linguistic human rights in the service of the Catholic Church : the case of the Csángós / Klára Sándor