9 research outputs found
Martin PĂŒtz, Joshua A. Fishman, and Joanne Neff-Van Aertselaer (eds.), âAlong the routes of powerâ: Explorations of empowerment through language. Contributions to the Sociology of Language 92. Berlin & New York: Mouton de Gruyter, 2006. Pp. xxi, 426. Hb. $132.30
No full textDouglas Matheson, Media discourses: Analysing media texts. Issues in Cultural and Media Studies. Maidenhead: Open University Press, 2005. Pp. x 206. Pb. ÂŁ19.99.
No full textDavid Crystal, Language and the Internet. 2nd ed.Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006. Pp. xi, 304. Hb $29.99
No full textAnna Verschik, Emerging bilingual speech: From monolingualism to code-copying. London and New York: Continuum, 2008. Pp. xv, 252. Hb. $150.
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Language rights: Moving the debate forward
No full textThis article provides an overview of the current issues and challenges facing the nascent paradigm of minority language rights (MLR). It focuses on the theoretical points of dispute and tension with respect to MLR, as well as the challenges attendant upon their implementation in complex, multiethnic and multilingual contexts. The article acknowledges, but also responds to, key critiques of MLR to date. These include debates about linguistic modernisation, linguistic identities and essentialism, language and social mobility, and macro and micro language practices. In light of these debates, the article speculates about possible ways forward for theMLR paradigm
