Date: 04-Nov-2008 From: Jasper de Vaal <jasper.devaalspringer.com> Subject: Language Policy and Nation-Building in Post-Apartheid South Africa: Orman E-mail this message to a friend
Title: Language Policy and Nation-Building in Post-Apartheid South Africa
Series Title: Language Policy
Published: 2008
Publisher: Springer
http://www.springer.com
Author: Jon Orman
Hardback: ISBN: 9781402088902 Pages: 204 Price: U.S. $ 139.00
Hardback: ISBN: 9781402088902 Pages: 204 Price: U.K. £ 71.00
Hardback: ISBN: 9781402088902 Pages: 204 Price: Europe EURO 89.95
Abstract:
> Theoretically rigorous and innovative - pushes forward theoretical understanding of concepts such as national identity and language policy/planning and the way in which they interrelate.
> The first chapters of the book address universal themes and issues in the study of national identities and language policy and planning. This makes the book accessible and interesting for sociolinguists, language policy and ethnicity/nationalism scholars in general, beyond a strictly South African context.
> Interdisciplinary, non-linguicentric, discussion of the South-African situation, including a chapter on the issue of Afrikaans.
Linguistic Field(s):
Applied Linguistics
Sociolinguistics