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Language: A Right and a Resource: Approaching Linguistic Human Rights

By Tove Skutnabb-Kangas , Robert Phillipson , Miklos Kontra , Tibor Varady (Editors)

Book information

Publisher
Central European University Press
Year
1999
ISBN
9639116645, 9789639116641, 9780585372457
LCC
P119.3 .L277 1999
Open Library ID
OL49012M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1840423 bytes)
Pages
373\373
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2012-03-09 12:00:00

Description

Linguistic human rights (LHR)is a growing area of study combining the principles of national and international law with the study of language as a central dimension of ethnicity. Implementation of these principles is aimed at ensuring that no state or society violates these basic rights. This study aims to broaden the knowledge of the important role of language in minority rights and in social and political struggles for LHRs. Exploring the interactions of linguistic diversity, biodiversity, the free market and human rights, the contributors present case studies to highlight such issues as Kurdish satellite TV attempting to create a virtual state on the air through trying to achieve basic LHRs for Kurds in Turkey; the implementation of LHRs in the Baltic states; and the obstacles met in education by Roma and the deaf in Hungary because of lack of appropriate LHRs.

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