Revivals, Nationalism, and Linguistic Discrimination: Threatening Languages

by Umberto Ansaldo and Kara Fleming

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Is linguistic revival beneficiary to the plight of newly emerging, peripheral or even 'threatened' cultures? Or is it a smokescreen that hides the vestiges of ethnocentric ideologies, which ultimately create a hegemonic relationship? This book takes a critical look at revival exercises of special historical and geopolitical significance, and argues that a critical and cautious approach to revival movements is necessary.

The cases of Sinhala,...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:1138193313

ISBN13:9781138193314

Release Date:December 2019

Publisher:Routledge

Length:138 Pages

Weight:0.87 lbs.

Dimensions:0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"

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Language Arts Social Science Social Sciences

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