Language without Rights
Author:   Lionel Wee (Associate Professorof English Language and Literature, Associate Professorof English Language and Literature, National University of Singapore)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
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9780199737437


Pages:   232
Publication Date:   27 January 2011
Format:   Hardback
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Language without Rights is a book-length critique of the concept of language rights. Synthesizing insights from a variety of disciplines, including linguistic anthropology, sociolinguistics, sociology and political philosophy, Wee demonstrates how the appeal to language rights faces a number of conceptual and practical problems, particularly because the discourse of rights is fundamentally inconsistent with the socially variable nature of language. The book also explores an alternative that is more in tune with the complexities of language in social life by suggesting that issues involving language are better managed within a model of deliberative democracy.

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Author:   Lionel Wee (Associate Professorof English Language and Literature, Associate Professorof English Language and Literature, National University of Singapore)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 23.40cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 16.00cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9780199737437


ISBN 10:   0199737436
Pages:   232
Publication Date:   27 January 2011
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: On Boundary Marking Chapter 3: Language and Ethnic Minority Rights Chapter 4: Beyond Ethnic Minorities Chapter 5: Ethnic Diversity and Nationalism Chapter 6: Migration and Global Mobility Chapter 7: Language Education and Communication in the Workplace Chapter 8: Language, Justice, and the Deliberative Democratic Way Chapter 9: Culture Without Rights? Bibliography Index

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Lionel Wee is Associate Professor of English Language and Literature at National University of Singapore.

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