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1 online resource |
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Chapter 11: Eliezer Ben-YehudaBen-Yehuda's life; Hebrew in the late nineteenth century; Hebrew re-nativized; Ben-Yehuda's legacy; The last word; Notes; Chapter 12: Ludwik Lazarus Zamenhof; Zamenhof's life; Ideological sources; Merits and limitations of Esperanto; The last word; Notes; Chapter 13: Ueda Kazutoshi; Ueda's life; The language situation in late nineteenth-century Japan; Language reform; Crafting the national language; The last word; Notes; Chapter 14: Vladimir Ilich Lenin; Lenin's life; The linguistic situation in the waning years of Tsarist Russia |
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The 'most complete equality of nationalities and their languages'Lenin's legacy; The last word; Notes; Chapter 15: Mustafa Kemal Atatürk; Atatürk's life; The linguistic situation of the Ottoman Empire at the time of Atatürk's birth; Language reform; The last word; Notes; Chapter 16: Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi; Gandhi's life; The linguistic situation of British India; national language for India?; Gandhi's legacy; The last word; Notes; Chapter 17: Zhou Enlai; Zhou Enlai's life; The linguistic situation of early twentieth-century China; Equality, development, unity; Writing reform |
| Summary |
This text provides an accessible account of the origins and conceptual foundations of language policy. Florian Coulmas discusses the influence of twenty intellectuals from medieval to modern times, and from a variety of cultures, who have taken issue with language, its use, development, and political potential |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from home page (viewed on February 11, 2016) |
| Subject |
Language policy.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
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Language policy
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Historische Persönlichkeit
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Sprachpflege
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Sprachpolitik
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780191818646 |
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019181864X |
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9780191056178 |
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0191056170 |
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