Language without rights
By: Lionel Wee.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 220
ISBN-13: 9780199737437; 9780199737420
Subjects: Language policy; Linguistic minorities
Description: '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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Acknowledgments; title: 1. Introduction; title: 2. On boundary marking; title: 3. Language and ethnic minority rights; title: 4. Beyond ethnic minorities; title: 5. Ethnic diversity and nationalism; title: 6. Migration and global mobility; title: 7. Language education and communication in the workplace; title: 8. Language, justice, and the deliberative democratic way; title: 9. Culture without rights?; title: Bibliography; title: Index.