| Description |
xv, 345 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Towards a new global linguistic order? / Jacques Maurais -- The geostrategies of interlingualism / Mark Fettes -- Language policy and linguistic theory / Douglas A. Kibbee -- Babel and the market : geostrategies for minority languages / Jean Laponce -- Forecasting the fate of languages / William F. Mackey -- Language geostrategy in eastern and central Europe : assessment and perspectives / Ferenc Fodor and Sandrine Peluau -- Languages and supranationality in Europe : the linguistic influence of the European Union / Claude Truchot -- Regional blocs as a barrier against English hegemony? The language policy of Mercosur in South America / Rainer Enrique Hamel -- Effects of North American integration on linguistic diversity / Michael A. Morris -- Sociolinguistic changes in transformed Central Asian societies / Birgit N. Schlyter -- Language and script in Japan and other East Asian countries : between insularity and technology / Stefan Kaiser -- Sub-Saharan Africa / Roland J.-L. Breton -- Australasia and the South Pacific / Richard B. Baldauf Jr. and Paulin G. Djité -- The international standing of the German language / Ulrich Ammon -- Arabic and the new technologies / Foued Laroussi -- Russian in the modern world / Vida IO. Mikhalchenko and Yulia Trushkova -- Geolinguistics, geopolitics, geostrategy : the case of French / Robert Chadenson -- Towards a scientific geostrategy for English / Grant D. McConnell -- On Brazilian Portuguese in Latin American integration / Maria da Grac ̧a Krieger -- The search for a global linguistic strategy / Humphrey Tonkin |
| Summary |
"Throughout human history, the fate of languages has been closely linked to political power relationships. Political shifts in the international system continue to affect linguistic patterns, which today are still in a state of flux following the end of the Cold War. This book considers the effects of present-day trends in global politics on the relative status of languages, and the directions in which the linguistic hierarchy might develop in the future. What are the prospects for the continuing spread of English? Will other traditionally prominent languages such as French and German gain or lose influence? Will languages such as Arabic and Japanese increase in international status? Will minority languages continue to lose ground and disappear? The book assesses these prospects, looking at the major world regions, and with its interdisciplinary approach it will appeal to researchers and students of sociolinguistics and language planning as well as of international relations." -- Provided by publisher |
| Notes |
First appeared in French as an issue of the journal, Terminogramme in the Fall of 2001 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Language and languages -- Political aspects.
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Sociolinguistics.
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| Genre/Form |
Aufsatzsammlung
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| Author |
Maurais, Jacques.
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Morris, Michael A.
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| LC no. |
2002067728 |
| ISBN |
0521533546 paperback |
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0521821738 hardback |
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