Title: Dominant languages
First published: 1989
Description: This book takes an interdisciplinary approach to the relations between power and language. Many societies are 'multilingual' throughout their history, but there is often a hierarchial ordering of their languages, dialects, and ways of speaking. These are rarely of equal status, power or authority. Through a detailed and systematic comparison of Britain and France, the author examines the concept of language dominance, and the causes and consequences of linguistic hierarchy. -- Book Jacket.
Subjects: Languages, Sociolinguistics, Political aspects, Great britain, languages
Places: Great Britain, France
LC classification: P40.45.G7 G75 1989