Language without Rights (Oxford Studies in Sociolinguistics)
Lionel Wee
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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Año:
2010
Editorial:
Oxford University Press, USA
Idioma:
english
Páginas:
229
ISBN 10:
0199737436
ISBN 13:
9780199737437
Serie:
Oxford Studies in Sociolinguistics
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PDF, 1008 KB
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english, 2010