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Language Management

Bernard Spolsky author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:2nd Apr '09

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This book was the first book to present a specific theory of language management.

This book develops a theory of language management based on research on the family, religion, the workplace, the media, schools, legal and health institutions, the military and government. A model is developed that makes sense of the various forces involved in managing language, and clarifies why it is such a difficult enterprise.Language policy is all about choices. If you are bilingual or plurilingual, you have to choose which language to use. Even if you speak only one language, you have choices of dialects and styles. Some of these choices are the result of management, reflecting conscious and explicit efforts by language managers to control the choices. This book presents a specific theory of language management. Bernard Spolsky reviews research on the family, religion, the workplace, the media, schools, legal and health institutions, the military and government. Also discussed are language activists, international organisations, and human rights relative to language, and the book concludes with a review of language managers and management agencies. A model is developed that recognises the complexity of language management, makes sense of the various forces involved, and clarifies why it is such a difficult enterprise.

'Recommended.' The Times Higher Education Supplement

ISBN: 9780521516099

Dimensions: 229mm x 19mm x 152mm

Weight: 600g

322 pages