Language Without Rights (Oxford Studies In Sociolinguistics) - Couverture souple

Wee, Lionel

 
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Synopsis

Language without Rights is a book-length critique of the concept of language rights. Synthesizing insights from a variety of disciplines, including linguistic anthropology, sociolinguistics, sociology and political philosophy, Wee demonstrates how the appeal to language rights faces a number of conceptual and practical problems, particularly because the discourse of rights is fundamentally inconsistent with the socially variable nature of language. The book also explores an alternative that is more in tune with the complexities of language in social life by suggesting that issues involving language are better managed within a model of deliberative democracy.

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À propos de l?auteur

Lionel Wee is Associate Professor of English Language and Literature at National University of Singapore

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9780199737437: Language Without Rights

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ISBN 10 :  0199737436 ISBN 13 :  9780199737437
Editeur : Oxford University Press Inc, 2011
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