Language in the Twenty-First Century: Selected papers of the millennial conferences of the Center for Research and Documentation on World Language ... University of Hartford and Yale University - Couverture rigide

 
9789027228314: Language in the Twenty-First Century: Selected papers of the millennial conferences of the Center for Research and Documentation on World Language ... University of Hartford and Yale University
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ISBN 10 : 9027228310 ISBN 13 : 9789027228314
Editeur : John Benjamins Publishing Co, 2003

Synopsis

What is the future of languages in an increasingly globalized world? Are we moving toward the use of a single language for global communication, or are there ways of managing language diversity at the international level? Can we, or should we, maintain a balance between the global need to communicate and the maintenance of local and regional identities and cultures? What is the role of education, of language rights, of language equality in this volatile global linguistic mix? A group of leading scholars in sociolinguistics and language policy examines trends in language use across the world to find answers to these questions and to make predictions about likely outcomes. Highlighted in the discussion are, among other issues, the rapidly changing role of English, the equally rapid decline and death of small languages, the future of the major European languages, the international use of constructed languages like Esperanto, and, not least, the question of what role applied scholarship can and should play in mapping and influencing the future.

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What is the future of languages in an increasingly globalized world? Are we moving toward the use of a single language for global communication, or are there ways of managing language diversity at the international level? Can we, or should we, maintain a balance between the global need to communicate and the maintenance of local and regional identities and cultures? What is the role of education, of language rights, of language equality in this volatile global linguistic mix? A group of leading scholars in sociolinguistics and language policy examines trends in language use across the world to find answers to these questions and to make predictions about likely outcomes. Highlighted in the discussion are, among other issues, the rapidly changing role of English, the equally rapid decline and death of small languages, the future of the major European languages, the international use of constructed languages like Esperanto, and, not least, the question of what role applied scholarship can and should play in mapping and influencing the future.

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Éditeur
John Benjamins Publishing Co
Date d'édition
2003
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
9027228310
ISBN 13 
9789027228314
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
215
Éditeur
Tonkin Humphrey, Reagan Timothy
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
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