Date: 31-Jul-2006 From: Kathryn King <marketingmultilingual-matters.com> Subject: Language Loyalty, Language Planning and Language Revitalization: Hornberger, Puetz (Eds)
Title: Language Loyalty, Language Planning and Language Revitalization
Subtitle: Recent Writings and Reflections from Joshua A. Fishman
Series Title: Bilingual Education & Bilingualism
Published: 2006
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
http://www.multilingual-matters.com/
Editor: Nancy H. Hornberger, University of Pennsylvania
Editor: Martin Puetz, University of Koblenz and Landau
Hardback: ISBN: 1853599008 Pages: 272 Price: U.K. £ 54.95
Hardback: ISBN: 1853599018 Pages: 272 Price: U.S. $ 99.95
Paperback: ISBN: 185359900X Pages: 272 Price: U.K. £ 21.95
Paperback: ISBN: 185359900X Pages: 272 Price: U.S. $ 39.95
Abstract:
Joshua Fishman is perhaps best known and loved for his pioneering and enduring work in language loyalty and reversing language shift. This volume brings together a selection of his recent writings on these topics and some of his personal perspectives on the field of sociolinguistics, along with an interview dialogue with the editors in which Fishman reflects on his lifetime's work