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Language, Nation and Power
Robert McColl Millar
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Description for Language, Nation and Power
Paperback. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; CFDM; JFSL; JHMC; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 314.
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. Particular emphasis is given to the historical and social effects which nationalism has had on the development of language since the French Revolution. For students of linguistics, sociology and politics.
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. Particular emphasis is given to the historical and social effects which nationalism has had on the development of language since the French Revolution. For students of linguistics, sociology and politics.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
241
Condition
New
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
Gordonsville, United States
ISBN
9781403939722
SKU
V9781403939722
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99-15
About Robert McColl Millar
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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