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Language and the Law: Linguistic Inequality in America
Douglas A. Kibbee
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Description for Language and the Law: Linguistic Inequality in America
paperback. A comprehensive overview of the political and legal consequences of linguistic inequality in the United States. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; CFB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 155 x 312 x 16. Weight in Grams: 364.
Language policy is a topic of growing importance around the world, as issues such as the recognition of linguistic diversity, the establishment of official languages, the status of languages in educational systems, the status of heritage and minority languages, and speakers' legal rights have come increasingly to the forefront. One fifth of the American population do not speak English as their first language. While race, gender and religious discrimination are recognized as illegal, the US does not currently accord the same protections regarding language; discrimination on the basis of language is accepted, and even promoted, in the name of unity ... Read more
Language policy is a topic of growing importance around the world, as issues such as the recognition of linguistic diversity, the establishment of official languages, the status of languages in educational systems, the status of heritage and minority languages, and speakers' legal rights have come increasingly to the forefront. One fifth of the American population do not speak English as their first language. While race, gender and religious discrimination are recognized as illegal, the US does not currently accord the same protections regarding language; discrimination on the basis of language is accepted, and even promoted, in the name of unity ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107623118
SKU
V9781107623118
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About Douglas A. Kibbee
Douglas A. Kibbee is Professor Emeritus in the Department of French at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. He is the author of For to Speke Frenche Trewely (1991), co-author of French: A Linguistic Introduction (Cambridge, 2006) and editor of Language Legislation and Linguistic Rights (1998).
Reviews for Language and the Law: Linguistic Inequality in America
'There is no doubt that this collection will be useful to lawyers and other supporters of rights, as well as to students of language policy and management study of the slow progress of legal recognition in the USA of non-English language rights. It covers in considerable detail most of the important cases and decisions as the system has gradually (and ... Read more