Language Policy and Language Planning: From Nationalism to Globalisation

This revised second edition is a comprehensive overview of why we speak the languages that we do. It covers language learning imposed by political and economic agendas as well as language choices entered into willingly for reasons of social mobility, economic advantage and group identity.


Author: Sue Wright
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 01/28/2016
Pages: 385
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.01lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.81d
ISBN: 9780230302617

About the Author

Sue Wright is Research Professor at the University of Portsmouth, UK. She is co-editor of Sociolinguistica and the Language and Globalization book series. She is the author of numerous publications on the linguistic dimension of nation building, globalisation, democracy and migration and on the linguistic effects of technological developments in communication.