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The decades around 1800 constitute the seminal period of European nationalism. The linguistic corollary of this was the rise of standard language ideology, from

This revised second edition is a comprehensive overview of why we speak the languages that we do. It covers language learning imposed by political and economic

The preamble to the post-apartheid South African constitution states that ‘South Africa belongs to all who live in it, united in our diversity’ and promises

This book considers the issue of language in the European Union. Without a community of communication, the EU must remain a trading association run in an autocr

Set in Malaysia, this book encompasses language and cultural policy challenges that many other multi-ethnic nations currently have to address. The people of Mal