LINGUIST List 14.1586

Wed Jun 4 2003

Books: Sociolinguistics, English: Ager

Editor for this issue: Marisa Ferrara <marisalinguistlist.org>

Directory

1. kathryn, Ideology and Image: Ager

Title: Ideology and Image
Subtitle: Britain and Language
Series Title: Multilingual Matters
			
Publication Year: 2003
Publisher: Multilingual Matters 
 http://www.multilingual-matters.com/		 
			
Author: Dennis Ager, Aston University, Birmingham 

Hardback: ISBN: 1853596604, Pages: 208, Price:
	 �46.95/US$79.95/CAN$99.95

Paperback: ISBN: 1853596590, Pages: 208, Price:
	 �16.95/US$27.95/CAN$39.95
			
Abstract:

This book 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.

Lingfield(s): Sociolinguistics
			 
Subject Language(s): English (Language Code: ENG)
 
Written In: English (Language Code: ENG)


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