The Language Difference: Language and Development in the Greater Mekong Sub-Region

by Paulin G. Djite

Language is a sensitive issue in the developing world, because language choice and behaviour are integral to the social, economic and political stability of multicultural societies. To what extent does this argument hold? Does language make a difference when it comes to development, and is there a perceptible difference in development between countries that is attributable to their choice of language? This book sets out to answer these questions...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1847693407
• ISBN13: 9781847693402
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: Multilingual Matters Limited
• Length: 264 Pages