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100	1		_aSpolsky, Bernard.
245	1	0	_aLanguage policy / _cBernard Spolsky
260			_aCambridge: _aNew York: _bCambridge University Press, _c2006.
300			_axi, 250 p. : _c22 cm. _bill. ;
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 224-242) and index.
520			_a Language policy is an issue of critical importance in the world today. In this introduction, Bernard Spolsky explores many debates at the forefront of language policy: ideas of correctness and bad language; bilingualism and multilingualism; language death and efforts to preserve endangered languages; language choice as a human and civil right; and language education policy. Through looking at the language practices, beliefs and management of social groups from families to supra-national organizations, he develops a theory of modern national language policy and the major forces controlling it, such as the demands for efficient communication, the pressure for national identity, the attractions of (and resistance to) English as a global language, and the growing concern for human and civil rights as they impinge on language. Two central questions asked in this wide-ranging survey are of how to recognize language policies, and whether or not language can be managed at al
650		0	_aLanguage planning.
650		0	_a Language policy.
650		0	_aLanguage planning
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