Description
| Product ID: | 9781316507643 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Normative Language Policy |
| Subtitle: | Ethics, Politics, Principles |
| Authors: | Author: Leigh Oakes, Yael Peled |
| Page Count: | 202 |
| Subjects: | Linguistics, linguistics, Sociolinguistics, Globalization, Sociolinguistics, Globalization, Quebec |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating What moral principles justify state interventions in language endangerment? How fair are the generally preferred 'hands off' principles in an increasingly English-dominated world? How ethical are community-led language maintenance initiatives? These are all important current questions relating to language policy and are the subject of this pioneering new study. Language politics in the new global era presents policymakers with significant ethical challenges. How should the reality of English as a global language influence the normative considerations underpinning national language policies? What moral arguments justify the imposition of national languages in an era of increased immigration and ethnolinguistic diversity? What role is there for non-dominant varieties in a globalised world? Building on the emerging notion of ''normative language policy'', this book proposes an integrated framework for the study of such questions, combining recent normative work on language in political theory and philosophy with empirically-derived insight from the fields of sociolinguistics and applied linguistics. The case of Quebec forms the backdrop of the study, providing a particularly illuminating setting for investigating the common moral challenges that face contemporary polities seeking to maintain distinct linguistic identities, in an irreducibly diverse world increasingly dominated by English as a global lingua franca. |
| Imprint Name: | Cambridge University Press |
| Publisher Name: | Cambridge University Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2020-04-02 |
