Language, Nation and Power: An Introduction - Softcover

Millar, R.

 
9781403939722: Language, Nation and Power: An Introduction
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1403939721 ISBN 13: 9781403939722
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005

Synopsis

Language, Nation and Power provides students with a discussion of the ways in which language has been (and is being) used to construct national (or ethnic) identity. It focuses on the processes by which a language can be planned and standardized and what the results of these processes are. Particular emphasis is given to the historical and social effects which nationalism has had on the development of language since the French Revolution. For students of linguistics, sociology and politics.

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About the Author

ROBERT McCOLL MILLAR is a Lecturer in Linguistics at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland. He has published widely on the interface between Gaelic and Scots in Scotland, language attitudes in modern Scotland, language at the margins of polities and rapid linguistic change due to language contact.

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Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Publication date
2005
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1403939721
ISBN 13 
9781403939722
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
241

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