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Rethinking Language Policy (Hardcover)
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Rethinking Language Policy (Hardcover)
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Drawing on four decades of research, Bernard Spolsky presents an
updated theory of language policy that starts with the individual
speaker instead of the nation. In this book, he surveys the
language practices, beliefs, and planning efforts of individuals,
families, public and private institutions, local and national
activists, advocates and managers, and nations. He examines the
diversity of linguistic repertoires and the multiplicity of forces,
linguistic and non-linguistic, which account for language shift and
maintenance. By starting with the individual speaker and moving
through the various levels and domains, Spolsky shows the many
different policies with which a national government must compete
and illustrates why national policy is so difficult. A definitive
guide to the field, this is essential reading for policy makers,
stakeholders, researchers, and students of language policy.
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