Survival and Development of Language Communities: Prospects and Challenges

By: Vila, F. Xavier

Book Overview

Too small to be big, but also too big to be really small, medium-sized language communities (MSLCs) face their own challenges in a rapidly globalising world where multilingualism and mobility seem to be eroding the old securities that the monolingual nation states provided. The questions to be answered are numerous: What are the main areas in which the position of these languages is actually threatened? How do these societies manage their diversity...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1847698352
• ISBN13: 9781847698353
• Release Date: November 2012
• Publisher: Multilingual Matters Limited
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.6" x 8.4"