Regimes of Language: Ideologies, Polities, and Identities

Regimes of Language: Ideologies, Polities, and Identities
ISBN-10
0852559054
ISBN-13
9780852559055
Pages
411
Language
English
Published
2000
Publisher
School of American Research Press
Author
Paul V. Kroskrity

Description

In this text, ten linguistic anthropologists integrate two often segregated domains: politics and language. It addresses the role of language ideologies in state formation, nationalism and the maintenance of ethic groups, as well as the creation of national, ethnic and professional indentities.