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020			_a9780805863062 (pbk.)
020			_a9780805863079 (hardback)
020			_a9780203832547 (ebk)
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050	0	0	_aP119.3 _b.M39 2012
082	0	0	_a306.449 _223
100	1		_aMay, Stephen, _d1962- _955495
245	1	0	_aLanguage and minority rights : _bethnicity, nationalism and the politics of language / _cStephen May.
250			_aSecond edition.
260			_aNew York : _bRoutledge, _cc2012.
300			_axiv, 434 pages ; _c24 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages [361]-410) and index.
520			_a"The first edition of Language and Minority Rights, an outstanding interdisciplinary analysis of the questions and issues concerning minority language rights in modern nation-states, is now regarded as a key benchmark in the field of language rights and language policy. Its core arguments have shaped the discussion of language rights over the last decade. This new edition substantially revises and updates this provocative and groundbreaking book, addressing new theoretical and empirical developments since its initial publication, including the burgeoning influence of globalization and the relentless rise of English as the current world language. Stephen May's broad position, however, remains largely unchanged. He argues that the causes of many of the language-based conflicts in the world today still lie with the nation-state and its preoccupation with establishing a 'common' language and culture via mass education. The solution, he suggests, is to rethink nation-states in more culturally and linguistically plural ways while avoiding, at the same time, essentializing the language-identity link. This new edition, like the first, adopts a wide interdisciplinary framework, drawing on sociolinguistics, applied linguistics, sociology, political theory, education and law"--
526			_aENH
650		0	_aLanguage and languages _xPolitical aspects. _955496
650		0	_aLinguistic minorities.
650		0	_aEthnicity.
650		0	_aNationalism.
650		0	_aSociolinguistics.
650		0	_aLanguage and education. _955486
650		0	_aEnglish language.
650		7	_aEDUCATION / Bilingual Education _2bisacsh.
650		7	_aEDUCATION / Multicultural Education _2bisacsh. _955497
650		7	_aFOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / English as a Second Language _2bisacsh.
852			_aAyesha Abed Library _cGeneral Stacks
942			_2ddc _cBK
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