Language rights and cultural diversity

Name/Title

Language rights and cultural diversity

Entry/Object ID

2023.027.022

Description

"This essays in this book explore the many facets of language rights and language protection from a variety of theoretical, legal, and academic perspectives. Important lessons are taken from the Basque case in Europe, and Native American and French-Canadian cases in North America. Woven throughout the book is the belief in the power of discourse and research to protect and even enhance linguistic diversity through legal recognition and other means . Language protection, however, is only possible if we encourage the acceptance of cultural diversity and multilingualism as a positive outcome for the whole population of the state, not just for a minority within it. We should abandon the idea of the monolingual mono-cultural nation-state, and encourage the population of each country to adopt the concept of a multi-cultural state." -- Back cover (page 4 of cover) 286 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.

Book Details

Editor

Irujo Ametzaga, Xabier, Miglio, Viola

Place Published

City

Reno

State/Province

Nevada

Country

United States

Continent

North America

Date Published

2014

Call No.

P40.5.L56L36 2014