Synopses & Reviews
Dominance, identity and resistance are key themes in this volume in which contributors examine language in global, virtual and local settings. Power is highly contextual and the chapters focus on concepts such as world languages, linguistic rights and minority protection. Migrants and their vernaculars feature prominently and several case studies explore the social strategies employed by speakers on non-indigenous tongues. Religion and belief are key underlying themes in the final chapters, which analyze the misunderstandings that can occur in sensitive political contexts.
Synopsis
Dominance, identity and resistance are key themes in this examination of language in global, virtual and local settings. It focuses on world languages, linguistic rights and minority protection. Case studies explore the social strategies employed by migrants speaking non-indigenous tongues and the effect of religion in sensitive political contexts.
About the Author
MÁIRÉAD NIC CRAITH is Director of the Academy for Irish Cultural Heritages, University of Ulster, UK. She has previously been attached to the University of Liverpool and University Colleges, Dublin and Cork. She is author and editor of several books including Europe and the Politics of Language (2006), Culture and Identity Politics in Northern Ireland (2004) and Plural Identities, Singular Narratives (2003). She was joint winner of the 2004 Ruth Michaelis Jena-Ratcliff research prize for folklife. In 2006, she was awarded a Senior Distinguished Research Fellowship at the University of Ulster.
Table of Contents
List of Tables * Series Editor's Preface * Acknowledgements * Notes on the Contributors * Language and Power: Accommodation and Resistance--M. Nic Craith * Globalisation and Transformation: Language Planning in New Contexts--D.Mac Giolla Chríost * Linguistic Human Rights in Education: International Cast Studies--J. Saville * English in Europe: Threat or Promise?--R. Phillipson * Minority Protection and Lesser-Used Language Promotion: The Convention on the Future of the European Union--M. Warasin * Broadcasting for Minorities: The Case of the Celtic Languages--P. McDermott * Language, Culture, and Identity: The Chinese Community in Northern Ireland--M. Delargy * Intercultural Communication: Chinese Culture in UK Education--R. Fong * Faith, Identity,