The State, the Activists and the Islanders Language Policy on Corsic
This analysis of language policy on Corsica provides the first study of the three levels of language policy existing on the Mediterranean island of Corsica. It focuses on the key participants - the State, the language activists and the islanders - in the
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Language Policy VOLUME 8 Series Editors:
Bernard Spolsky, Bar-llan University, Israel Elana Shohamy, Tel Aviv University, Israel Editorial Board:
Claire Kramsch, University of California at Berkeley, USA Georges Lüdi, University of Basel, Switzerland Normand Labrie, University of Toronto, Canada Anne Pakir, National University of Singapore, Singapore John Trim, Former Fellow, Selwyn College, Cambridge, UK Guadalupe Valdes, Stanford University, USA The last half century has witnessed an explosive shift in language diversity not unlike the Biblical story of the Tower of Babel, but involving now a rapid spread of global languages and an associated threat to small languages. The diffusion of global languages, the stampede towards English, the counter-pressures in the form of ethnic efforts to reverse or slow process, the continued determination of nationstates to assert national identity through language, and, in an opposite direction, language rights, all these are working to make the study of the nature and possibilities of language policy and planning a field of swift growth. The series will publish empirical studies of general language policy or of language education policy, or monographs dealing with the theory and general nature of the field. We welcome detailed accounts of language policy-making – who is involved, with the development of policy under different conditions and the effect of implementation. We will be interested in accounts of policy development by governments and governmental agencies, by large international companies, foundations, and organizations, as well as the efforts of groups attempting to resist or modify governmental policies. We will also consider empirical studies that are relevant to policy of a general nature, e.g. the local effects of the developing instruction needed to achieve competence, selection and training of language teachers, the language effects of the Internet. Other possible topics include the influence of political ideology on language policy, the role of economic factors, policy as a reflection of social change. The series is intended for scholars in the field of language policy and others interested in the topic, including sociolinguists, educational and applied linguists, language planners, language educators, sociologists, political scientists, and comparative educationalists.
Robert J. Blackwood
The State, the Activists and the Islanders Language Policy on Corsica
Robert J. Blackwood University of Liverpool UK
ISBN: 978-1-4020-8384-6
e-ISBN: 978-1-4020-8385-3
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