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Minority Languages, National Languages, and Official Language Policies |
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An examination of the interdisciplinary field of language policy offering a rich collection of new research on diversity and multilingualism.
In a context where linguistic and cultural diversity is characterized by ever-increasing complexity, adopting official multilingual policies to correct a country's ethno-linguistic, socio-economic, and symbolic imbalances presents many obstacles, but the greatest challenge is implementing them effectively. To what degree and in what ways have official multilingualism and multiculturalism policies actually succeeded in attaining their goals?
Questioning and challenging foundational concepts, Minority Languages, National Languages, and Official Language Policies highlights the extent to which governments and international bodies are unable to manage complex linguistic and cultural diversity on an effective and sustained basis. This volume examines the principles, theory, intentions, and outcomes of official policies of multilingualism at the city, regional, and national levels through a series of international case studies. The eleven chapters - most focusing on lesser-known geopolitical contexts and languages - bring to the fore the many paradoxes that underlie the concept of diversity, lived experiences of and attitudes toward linguistic and cultural diversity, and the official multilingual policies designed to legally enhance, protect, or constrain otherness.
An authoritative source of new and updated information, offering fresh interpretations and analyses of evolving sociolinguistic and political phenomena in today's global world, Minority Languages, National Languages, and Official Language Policies demonstrates how language policies often fail to deal appropriately or adequately with the issues they are designed to solve.
Questioning and challenging foundational concepts, Minority Languages, National Languages, and Official Language Policies highlights the extent to which governments and international bodies are unable to manage complex linguistic and cultural diversity on an effective and sustained basis. This volume examines the principles, theory, intentions, and outcomes of official policies of multilingualism at the city, regional, and national levels through a series of international case studies. The eleven chapters - most focusing on lesser-known geopolitical contexts and languages - bring to the fore the many paradoxes that underlie the concept of diversity, lived experiences of and attitudes toward linguistic and cultural diversity, and the official multilingual policies designed to legally enhance, protect, or constrain otherness.
An authoritative source of new and updated information, offering fresh interpretations and analyses of evolving sociolinguistic and political phenomena in today's global world, Minority Languages, National Languages, and Official Language Policies demonstrates how language policies often fail to deal appropriately or adequately with the issues they are designed to solve.
Details
360 Pages, 6 x 9
17 figures, 4 tables
ISBN 9780773554948
December 2018
Formats: Paperback, eBook
“The quality of writing and mastery of the material presented combine to make this book a collaborative and sustained contribution to the topic of linguistic diversity and language policy.” Thomas Ricento, University of Calgary
“Minority Languages, National Languages, and Official Language Policies is a rich source of new and established material, offering fresh alternatives to the common narrative of how languages gain official status, focusing on the implications and consequences both for those who benefit and those who feel disadvantaged by official language policies.”Colin H. Williams, Cardiff and Cambridge Universities
"This important volume presents 10 valuable case studies concerning official and de facto language policies throughout Canada, Europe, Africa and Asia, along with a useful introduction and well-considered commentary by François Grin." British Journal of Canadian Studies
“Minority Languages, National Languages, and Official Language Policies is a rich source of new and established material, offering fresh alternatives to the common narrative of how languages gain official status, focusing on the implications and consequences both for those who benefit and those who feel disadvantaged by official language policies.”Colin H. Williams, Cardiff and Cambridge Universities
"This important volume presents 10 valuable case studies concerning official and de facto language policies throughout Canada, Europe, Africa and Asia, along with a useful introduction and well-considered commentary by François Grin." British Journal of Canadian Studies
Gillian Lane-Mercier is professor of French literature at McGill University.
Denise Merkle is professor of translation at the Université de Moncton.
Jane Koustas is professor in the Department of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures at Brock University and author of Robert Lepage on the Toronto Stage.
Denise Merkle is professor of translation at the Université de Moncton.
Jane Koustas is professor in the Department of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures at Brock University and author of Robert Lepage on the Toronto Stage.
Tables and Figures / vii
Acknowledgments / ix
Introduction: Toward an Ethos of Diversity / 3
Denise Merkle and Gillian Lane-Mercier
“DIVERSITY IS DIVERSE”: COMPLEX DIVERSITY AND DEEP DIVERSITY
1 Choosing Concepts for Sustainable Diversity Management Policies / 35
François Grin
PROBLEMATIZING THE ETHOS OF DIVERSITY: MAJORITY NATIONAL LANGUAGES AND OFFICIAL LANGUAGE POLICY
2 Multilingualism without Multiculturalism? The Case of Luxembourg / 63
Núria Garcia
3 The Future of Multilingualism in Post-Soviet Central Asia: The Case of Kazakhstan / 83
Brian James Baer and Zhailagul Sagyndykova
PROTECTING AND REVITALIZING ENDANGERED TRADITIONAL MINORITY LANGUAGES
4 Minority Language Protection in Italy and Local Initiatives to Protect Francoprovençal in Apulia / 105
Adriana Di Biase
5 Dyw un iaith byth yn ddigon - One Language Is Never Enough: Language Policy and Translation in Modern Wales / 126
Anastasia Llewellyn
6 International Models of Language Policy and Language Planning: Official Bilingualism in Ireland and Sociolinguistic Reality / 153
Maeve Conrick
INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES AND OFFICIAL LANGUAGE POLICY: THE CANADIAN EXAMPLE
7 Language, Education, and the Structuring of Canada’s Social Sphere / 187
Deborah Shadd
8 Indigenizing Language Policy in Canada: Redressing Racial Hierarchies in Language and Education / 210
Donna Patrick
DECOLONIZATION AND OFFICIAL LANGUAGE POLICY: THE AFRICAN EXAMPLE
9 The Promotion of Languages in Nigeria: An Example of Problematic Official Multilingualism in Africa / 231
Michael Akinpelu
10 Denying Linguistic and Cultural Pluralism in Algeria: An Official Model of Diversity Management / 251
Wajih Guehria
CHALLENGING THE LIMITS OF OFFICIAL LANGUAGE POLICY
11 Challenging the Borders of Nation: Language and Translational Language Policy in the Plurilingual Romani Context / 279
Debbie Folaron
Afterword: Diversity Must Remain Diverse / 315
Gillian Lane-Mercier
Contributors / 325
Index / 333
Acknowledgments / ix
Introduction: Toward an Ethos of Diversity / 3
Denise Merkle and Gillian Lane-Mercier
“DIVERSITY IS DIVERSE”: COMPLEX DIVERSITY AND DEEP DIVERSITY
1 Choosing Concepts for Sustainable Diversity Management Policies / 35
François Grin
PROBLEMATIZING THE ETHOS OF DIVERSITY: MAJORITY NATIONAL LANGUAGES AND OFFICIAL LANGUAGE POLICY
2 Multilingualism without Multiculturalism? The Case of Luxembourg / 63
Núria Garcia
3 The Future of Multilingualism in Post-Soviet Central Asia: The Case of Kazakhstan / 83
Brian James Baer and Zhailagul Sagyndykova
PROTECTING AND REVITALIZING ENDANGERED TRADITIONAL MINORITY LANGUAGES
4 Minority Language Protection in Italy and Local Initiatives to Protect Francoprovençal in Apulia / 105
Adriana Di Biase
5 Dyw un iaith byth yn ddigon - One Language Is Never Enough: Language Policy and Translation in Modern Wales / 126
Anastasia Llewellyn
6 International Models of Language Policy and Language Planning: Official Bilingualism in Ireland and Sociolinguistic Reality / 153
Maeve Conrick
INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES AND OFFICIAL LANGUAGE POLICY: THE CANADIAN EXAMPLE
7 Language, Education, and the Structuring of Canada’s Social Sphere / 187
Deborah Shadd
8 Indigenizing Language Policy in Canada: Redressing Racial Hierarchies in Language and Education / 210
Donna Patrick
DECOLONIZATION AND OFFICIAL LANGUAGE POLICY: THE AFRICAN EXAMPLE
9 The Promotion of Languages in Nigeria: An Example of Problematic Official Multilingualism in Africa / 231
Michael Akinpelu
10 Denying Linguistic and Cultural Pluralism in Algeria: An Official Model of Diversity Management / 251
Wajih Guehria
CHALLENGING THE LIMITS OF OFFICIAL LANGUAGE POLICY
11 Challenging the Borders of Nation: Language and Translational Language Policy in the Plurilingual Romani Context / 279
Debbie Folaron
Afterword: Diversity Must Remain Diverse / 315
Gillian Lane-Mercier
Contributors / 325
Index / 333
