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Language without Rights (Oxford Studies in Sociolinguistics)

By Lionel Wee

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Year
2010
ISBN
0199737436, 9780199737437, 0199737428, 9780199737420
LCC
P119.3 .W44 2010
Open Library ID
OL23945063M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1008 kB (1032084 bytes)
Series
Oxford Studies in Sociolinguistics
Pages
229\229
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Language without Rights is a book-length critique of the concept of language rights. Synthesizing insights from a variety of disciplines, including linguistic anthropology, sociolinguistics, sociology and political philosophy, Wee demonstrates how the appeal to language rights faces a number of conceptual and practical problems, particularly because the discourse of rights is fundamentally inconsistent with the socially variable nature of language. The book also explores an alternative that is more in tune with the complexities of language in social life by suggesting that issues involving language are better managed within a model of deliberative democracy.

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