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Author:   Miklos Kontra ,  etc. ,  Robert Phillipson (Roskilde University, Denmark) ,  Tove Skutnabb-Kangas (Roskilde University, Denmark)
Publisher:   Central European University Press
Imprint:   Central European University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 29.90cm
Weight:   0.525kg
ISBN:  

9789639116641

ISBN 10:   9639116645
Pages:   400
Publication Date:   01 August 1999
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Awaiting stock  
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Conceptualizing & implementing LHRs. Part 1 General issues: International languages and international human rights; heroes, rebels, communities and states in language rights activism and litigation; don't speak Hungarian in public! ; common language problem. Part 2 Legal issues: Existing rights of minorities and international law; Slovak state language law. Part 3 Market issues: Market forces, language spread and linguistic diversity; linguistic diversity, human rights and the free market; language rights in the emerging world linguistic order; separating language from ethnicity; language policy in a changing society. Part 4 Education & ethnicity issues: Recognition of sign language; LHRs problems among Romani and Boyash speakers of Hungary; contempt for LHR in the service of the Catholic Church.

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