Language rights: Moving the debate forward
Citation
Export citationMay, S. (2005). Language rights: Moving the debate forward. Journal of Sociolinguistics, 9(3), 319-347.
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Abstract
This article provides an overview of the current issues and challenges facing the nascent paradigm of minority language rights (MLR). It focuses on the theoretical points of dispute and tension with respect to MLR, as well as the challenges attendant upon their implementation in complex, multiethnic and multilingual contexts. The article acknowledges, but also responds to, key critiques of MLR to date. These include debates about linguistic modernisation, linguistic identities and essentialism, language and social mobility, and macro and micro language practices. In light of these debates, the article speculates about possible ways forward for theMLR paradigm.
Date
2005-01-01Type
Publisher
Blackwell Publishing
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This article has been published in the Journal of Sociolinguistics, (c) Blackwell Publishing Ltd. 2005.
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