Making of Monolingual Japan PB: Language Ideology and Japanese Modernity

by Patrick Heinrich

Book Overview

Japan is regarded as a model case of successful language modernization. It is also often erroneously believed to be linguistically homogenous. This book explores the debates relating to language modernization from a language ideology perspective, and in doing so reveals the mechanisms by which language ideology undermines linguistic diversity.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1847696562
• ISBN13: 9781847696564
• Release Date: February 2012
• Publisher: Multilingual Matters Limited
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.7" x 8.2"