Contest of language: before and beyond nationalism
Éditeur :
University of Notre Dame Press
ISBN :
9780268021900
Date de publication :
15 nov. 2005
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 1,9 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
These essays consider various present-day and historical efforts to make a language dominant through textual, institutional, academic, and literary means. Contributors examine pressures to elevate one language at the expense of another and the cultural and intellectual consequences of that elevation.