Linguistic human rights : overcoming linguistic discrimination /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	Walter de Gruyter & Co
Other Authors:	Skutnabb-Kangas, Tove (Editor), Phillipson, Robert (Editor), Rannut, Mart, 1959-
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Berlin ; New York : M. de Gruyter, ©1994.
Series:	Contributions to the sociology of language ; 67.
Subjects:	Linguistic minorities > Government policy. Language policy. Human rights. Language and education. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Introduction / Robert Phillipson, Mart Rannut and Tove Skutnabb-Kangas
I. The Scope of Linguistic Human Rights. Combining immigrant and autochthonous language rights: a territorial approach to multilingualism / Francois Grin. On the limits of ethnolinguistic democracy / Joshua A. Fishman. Linguistic human rights and educational policy in Russia / Alexei A. Leontiev. Linguistic human rights, past and present / Tove Skutnabb-Kangas and Robert Phillipson. Typology of language legislation / Joseph-G. Turi. Personal names and human rights / Bjorn H. Jernudd
II. Country Studies: Towards Empowerment. Language policy in the United States: a history of cultural genocide / Eduardo Hernandez-Chavez. The discourse of disinformation: the debate on bilingual education and language rights in the United States / Jim Cummins. Beyond linguistic policy: the Soviet Union versus Estonia / Mart Rannut. Maori language rights in New Zealand / Timoti S. Karetu.