Title: Language without rights /
Authors: Wee, Lionel, 1963-
Publisher: Oxford University Press,
Year: 2011
Subjects: Language policy.; Linguistic minorities.
Abstract: 'Language without Rights' is a critique of the concept of language rights. Synthesizing insights from a variety of disciplines, including linguistic anthropology, sociology sociolinguistics and political philosophy, Wee demonstrates how the appeal to language rights faces a number of conceptual and practical problems.
Contents: Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. On boundary marking -- 3. Language and ethnic minority rights -- 4. Beyond ethnic minorities -- 5. Ethnic diversity and nationalism -- 6. Migration and global mobility -- 7. Language education and communication in the workplace -- 8. Language, justice, and the deliberative democratic way -- 9. Culture without rights? -- Bibliography -- Index.