36.1811, Books: Language Policy: Coulmas (2025)

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Subject: 36.1811, Books: Language Policy: Coulmas (2025)

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Date: 10-Jun-2025
From: Rachel Havard [Rachel.HAVARD at oup.com]
Subject: Language Policy: Coulmas (2025)


Title: Language Policy
Subtitle: A Slim Guide
Series Title: Slim Guides
Publication Year: 2025

Publisher: Oxford University Press
           http://www.oup.com/us
Book URL:
https://global.oup.com/academic/product/language-policy-9780192874214?utm_source=linguistlist&utm_medium=listserv&utm_campaign=linguistics

Author(s): Florian Coulmas

Hardcover: 9780192874214
Paperback: 9780192874269

Abstract:

This book offers an accessible introduction to the main issues in
language policy today, and to the origins and conceptual foundations
of the relationship between language and the state. Florian Coulmas
draws on specific examples from around the world to explore how
countries make decisions about which language - and which variety or
form of that language - should be used for key functions such as
primary education, government administration, and the law. The book
provides historical background to shed light on present-day policy
disputes concerning language, and looks at how the resulting decisions
are implemented in schools and other institutions. A common thread
that runs through the chapters is the question of whether the
involvement of the government in language regulation is a necessity, a
blessing, or a curse. Written in a concise and engaging style,
Language Policy: A Slim Guide is suitable for readers from all
backgrounds who are interested in the interaction between language and
politics.

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics
                     Sociolinguistics




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