Books for review

[Oladipo Salami]

Dear Leigh,
 I am interested in reviewing either of the following books:
Variation in an Endangered Language. (Belfast
> > Studies in Language,  
> > Culture and Politics 16). Belfast: Queen’s
> > University Belfast.
> > 
or 
> > Hornberger, N. H. (ed.) (2008). Can Schools Save
> > Indigenous Languages?  
> > Policy and Practice on Four Continents. Basingstoke:
> > Palgrave Macmillan.
> > Nancy Hornberger's 
I have done some reviews for LP in the past.
Please send either to: 
Professor Dipo Salami
Department of English
Obafemi Awolowo University,
Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria.


--- On Wed, 24/9/08, Kara Brown <kara_dbrown at yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: Kara Brown <kara_dbrown at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: Books for review
> To: lgpolicy-list at ccat.sas.upenn.edu
> Date: Wednesday, 24 September, 2008, 7:57 PM
> Dear Leigh,
> 
> I would be delighted to review either the Kaplan &
> Baldauf or the Council of Europe edited volumes for
> Language Policy. My recent research has focused on
> attempts in Estonia to revive a regional language,
> which puts me in a good position to write a
> well-informed review.
> 
> Many thanks for considering my request.
> 
> Best,
> Kara Brown
> 
> Dept. of Educational Studies
> University of South Carolina
> Columbia SC 29208
> 
> 
> --- oakes <l.oakes at qmul.ac.uk> wrote:
> 
> > Dear colleagues,
> > 
> > As one of the book review editors for Language
> > Policy, I would like to  
> > draw your attention to the titles listed below which
> > I have received:
> > 
> > Kaplan, R. B. and Baldauf R. B. Jr (eds.) (2008).
> > Language Planning  
> > and Policy, Volume 3: The Baltic States, Ireland and
> > Italy. Clevedon:  
> > Multilingual Matters.
> > 
> > E. S. Alcón and M. P. Safont Jordà (eds).
> > Intercultural Language Use  
> > and Language Learning. Dortrecht: Springer.
> > 
> > Zhao, S. and Baldauf, R. B. Jr (2008). Planning
> > Chinese Characters:  
> > Reaction, Evolution or Revolution? Dortrecht:
> > Springer.
> > 
> > Carli, A. and Ammon, U. (eds.) (2007). Linguistic
> > Inequality in  
> > Scientific Communication Today. (AILA Review, vol.
> > 20). Amsterdam/ 
> > Philadelphia: John Benjamins.
> > 
> > Barni, M. and Extra, G. (eds.) (2008). Mapping
> > Linguistic Diversity in  
> > Multicultural Contexts. Berlin/New York: Mouton de
> > Gruyter.
> > 
> > Lamb, W. (2008). Scottish Gaelic Speech and Writing:
> > Register  
> > Variation in an Endangered Language. (Belfast
> > Studies in Language,  
> > Culture and Politics 16). Belfast: Queen’s
> > University Belfast.
> > 
> > Hornberger, N. H. (ed.) (2008). Can Schools Save
> > Indigenous Languages?  
> > Policy and Practice on Four Continents. Basingstoke:
> > Palgrave Macmillan.
> > 
> > Council of Europe (ed.) (2008). The European Charter
> > for Regional or  
> > Minority Languages: Legal Challenges and
> > Opportunities. Strasbourg:  
> > Council of Europe Publishing.
> > 
> > If you are interested in reviewing any of these,
> > please contact me at l.oakes at qmul.ac.uk 
> > , indicating the title and your postal address.
> > Reviews should be no  
> > longer than 1,000 words in length and are generally
> > due three months  
> > after receipt of the book. Editorial guidelines and
> > more details about  
> > the journal are available at:
> > 
> >
> http://www.springer.com/west/home/linguistics/applied+linguistics?SGWID=4-40371-70-35756061-detailsPage=journal
> > 
> > |description
> > 
> > I would be grateful if you could forward this list
> > to any interested  
> > and qualified colleagues or students. Please also
> > note our policy of  
> > only one review per person per year. If you have
> > written a review for  
> > us recently, I would therefore appreciate it if you
> > held off this time.
> > 
> > With thanks and best wishes,
> > 
> > Leigh Oakes
> > 
> > 
> > ---------------------
> > Dr Leigh Oakes
> > Reader in French and Linguistics
> > School of Languages, Linguistics and Film
> > Queen Mary, University of London
> > London E1 4NS
> > United Kingdom
> > 
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> > Canada, Europe)
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