Language, Nation and Power: An Introduction
Author:   R. Millar
Publisher:   Palgrave USA
Edition:   2005 ed.
ISBN:  

9781403939722


Pages:   232
Publication Date:   05 August 2005
Format:   Paperback
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Language, Nation and Power: An Introduction


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Language, Nation and Power provides students with a discussion of the ways in which language has been (and is being) used to construct national (or ethnic) identity. It focuses on the processes by which a language can be planned and standardized and what the results of these processes are.

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Author:   R. Millar
Publisher:   Palgrave USA
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   2005 ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.315kg
ISBN:  

9781403939722


ISBN 10:   1403939721
Pages:   232
Publication Date:   05 August 2005
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

List of Maps and Illustrations Acknowledgements Preface An Introduction: Diglossia and Its Aftermath Nation and Language Language and Dialect Language Standardization 1: process Language Standardization 2: testing the models Language Planning 1: process Language Planning 2: testing the models Language and Nation-Building Conclusion Bibliography Index

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ROBERT McCOLL MILLAR is a Lecturer in Linguistics at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland. He has published widely on the interface between Gaelic and Scots in Scotland, language attitudes in modern Scotland, language at the margins of polities and rapid linguistic change due to language contact.

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