Ideology and Image: Britain and LanguageMultilingual Matters, 2003 - 208 pages This text describes and evaluates recent language planning and policy in the British Isles. Issues including minority language rights, language resources for the state and the citizen, and problems such as the standard English battle and policy for Welsh and Gaelic are analysed against the background of detailed study of contemporary British society and politics. |
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Language Communities | 19 |
Language Attitudes | 43 |
from 880 to the 1950s | 63 |
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accepted Adult Ager aims areas Attitudinal structure authorities bilingual Britain British Council British language British LPP century Chapter citizens civil service communities concerned Conservative party countries cultural devolution dialects disability discourse discrimination documents economic elite England English language ensure ethnic European Charter Figure foreign languages French funding Gaelic Graddol grammar groups Human Rights ideology implementation improve individuals inequality involved Irish and Ulster Irish or Ulster issue language attitudes language behaviour language planning language policy learning legislation linguistic literacy major Minority Languages motivation multiculturalism National Curriculum Northern Ireland official language organisations Parliament particularly Plain English Campaign planners politicians population problem programmes promote pupils recognised Regional or Minority Report role schools Scotland Scottish Scottish Gaelic sexism society speakers specific standard English teachers teaching territorial languages Toubon Law Ulster Scots Urdu users Wales Welsh Language Board