LINGUIST List 17.1290

Thu Apr 27 2006

Books: Sociolinguistics: Millar

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Directory         1.    Palgrave Macmillan, Language, Nation and Power: Millar
Message 1: Language, Nation and Power: Millar
Date: 27-Apr-2006
From: Palgrave Macmillan <palgravemacmillanpalgrave.com>
Subject: Language, Nation and Power: Millar


Title: Language, Nation and Power Subtitle: An Introduction Published: 2005 Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
                http://www.palgrave.com

Book URL: http://www.palgrave.com/products/Catalogue.aspx?is=1403939721

Author: Robert McColl Millar, University of Aberdeen Paperback: ISBN: 1403939721 Pages: 248 Price: U.K. £ 17.99
Abstract:

Language, Nation and Power provides students with a discussion of the waysin which language has been (and is being) used to construct national (orethnic) identity. It focuses on the processes by which a language can beplanned and standardized and what the results of these processes are.Particular emphasis is given to the historical and social effects whichnationalism has had on the development of language since the FrenchRevolution. For students of linguistics, sociology and politics.

Linguistic Field(s): Sociolinguistics
Written In: English (eng )

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