Buch, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 534 g
Buch, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 534 g
ISBN: 978-1-84706-422-6
Verlag: Bloomsbury 3PL
This volume engages with language policies and positions in relation to the roles and functions these languages adopt. It examines the 'value' of languages, defined in terms of the power they have in the global marketplace as much as within the complex matrices of the local socio-politics. These valuations strongly underpin the various motivations that influence policy-making decisions, and in turn, these motivations create the tensions that characterise many language-related issues; tensions that arise when languages become commodified.




