Linguistic Culture and Language Policy

by Harold F. Schiffman

Book Overview

By looking closely at the multilingual democracies of India, France and the USA, Harold F. Schiffman examines how language policy is primarily a social construct based on belief systems, attitudes and myths.
Linguistic Culture and Language Policy exposes language policy as culture-specific, helping us to understand why language policies evolve the way they do; why they work, or not; and how people's lives are affected by them. These issues will...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415184061
• ISBN13: 9780415184069
• Release Date: March 1998
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 364 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 7.9"