Language activism : the role of scholars in linguistic reform and social change /
"Language Activism: The Role of Scholars in Linguistic Reform and Social Change brings forward state-of-the-art theoretical elaborations of language activism and presents depictions and discussions of personal in-field research and teaching experiences involving some form of social engagement a...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY :
Cambridge University Press,
2025.
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| Summary: | "Language Activism: The Role of Scholars in Linguistic Reform and Social Change brings forward state-of-the-art theoretical elaborations of language activism and presents depictions and discussions of personal in-field research and teaching experiences involving some form of social engagement and activism. The authors are language scholars with broad and diverse research experiences, who offer an array of different perspectives on language activism. Their reflections are based on work carried out in different subfields of linguistics (sociolinguistics, applied linguistics, language endangerment, language policy, and philosophy of language), on a range of topics and in diverse research contexts, from The Arctic to the South of Africa, and from the Middle East and Europe to Latin and North America"-- |
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| Physical Description: | xiv, 245 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781108833165 1108833160 9781108972819 1108972810 |