Ideology and image : Britain and language
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Ideology and image : Britain and language
（Multilingual matters / series editor, Derrick Sharp, 124）
Multilingual Matters, c2003
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 198-204) and index
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Description
This text describes and evaluates recent language planning and policy in the British Isles. Issues including minority language rights, language resources for the state and the citizen, and problems such as the standard English battle and policy for Welsh and Gaelic are analysed against the background of detailed study of contemporary British society and politics.
Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
Tables
Figures
Introduction
1. Language Communities
2. Language Attitudes
3. Planning and Policy: From 880 to the 1950s
4. Non-political Language Planning
5. Language Rights
6. Language as a Resource for Citizens
7. Language as a Resource for the State
8. Language as a Political Problem
9. British Language Policy and Planning in Perspective
Appendix
References
Index
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