Language, Nation and Power: An Introduction

by R. Millar

Overview

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

ISBN-13:	9781403939715
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	08/05/2005
Edition description:	2005
Pages:	248
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.03(d)

About the Author

Robert McColl Millar is the Coordinator, Language and Linguistics Programme at the School of Language and Literature, University of Aberdeen.

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