description: The volume has four parts: Part I (Language minorities and inequality) analyses language contact and linguistic diversity as a global phenomenon, Part II (Language planning and language change) focuses on colonialism, imperialism and economics as factors that language policies and planning measures must account for, Part III (Language variation and change in institutional contexts) examines language-related problems in education, religion, science and the Internet, and Part IV (The discourse of linguistic diversity and language change) relates public discourses on language and racism, sexism and political correctness to different ideological positions, values and attitudes.Key features: provides a state-of-the-art description of different areas in the context of linguistic diversity and changepresents a critical appraisal of the relevance of the fieldoffers solutions of everyday language-related problemsinternational handbook with contributions from renown experts in the field"
language: English
title: Handbook of Language and Communication: Diversity and Change
titlecomplete: Handbook of Language and Communication: Diversity and Change
ratings_count: 1
series: Handbooks of Applied Linguistics [HAL]
publisher: Walter de Gruyter