Motivation in Language Planning and Language Policy

by D.E. Ager

The aim of this book is to investigate motives for action on language. Seven seem to recur: identity, insecurity, ideology, image, inequality, integration and instrumentality. The author relates those to wider issues of personal and social motivation, discussing the language strategies, plans and policies of a number of individuals, communities and states.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1853595284
• ISBN13: 9781853595288
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Multilingual Matters Limited
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.8" x 8.3"