In a context where linguistic and cultural diversity is characterized by ever-increasing complexity, adopting official multilingual policies to correct a country's ethno-linguistic, socio-economic, and symbolic imbalances presents many obstacles, but the greatest challenge is implementing them effectively. To what degree and in what ways have official mulitilingualism and multiculturalism policies actually succeeded in attaining their goals? Questioning and challenging foundational concepts, Minority Languages, National Languages, and Official Language Policies highlights the extent to which governments and international bodies are unable to manage complex linguistic and cultural diversity on an effective and sustained basis. This volume examines the principles, theory, intentions, and outcomes of official policies of multilingualism at the city, regional, and national levels through a series of international case studies. The eleven chapters--most focusing on lesser-known geopolitical contexts and languages--bring to the fore the many paradoxes that underlie the concept of diversity, lived experiences of and attitudes toward linguistic and cultural diversity, and the official multilingual policies designed to legally enhance, protect, or constrain otherness. An authoritative source of new and updated information, offering fresh interpretations and analyses of evolving sociolinguistic and political phenomena in today's global world, Minority Languages, National Languages, and Official Language Policies demonstrates how language policies often fail to deal appropriately or adequately with the issues they are designed to solve.--$cProvided by publisher.
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Table of Contents
- Cover 1
- Copyright 5
- Contents 6
- Tables and Figures 8
- Acknowledgments 10
- Introduction Toward an Ethos of Diversity 14
- “Diversity Is Diverse”: Complex Diversity and Deep Diversity 44
- 1 Choosing Concepts for Sustainable Diversity Management Policies 46
- Problematizing the Ethos of Diversity: Majority National Languagesand Official Language Policy 72
- 2 Multilingualism without Multiculturalism? The Case of Luxembourg 74
- 3 The Future of Multilingualismin Post-Soviet Central Asia: The Case of Kazakhstan 94
- Protecting and Revitalizing Endangered Traditional Minority Languages 114
- 4 Minority Language Protection in Italy and Local Initiatives to Protect Francoprovençal in Apulia 116
- 5 Dyw un iaith byth yn ddigon – One Language Is Never Enough: Language Policy and Translation in Modern Wales 137
- 6 International Models of Language Policy and Language Planning: Official Bilingualism in Irelandand Sociolinguistic Reality 164
- Indigenous Languages and Official Language Policy: The Canadian Example 196
- 7 Language, Education, and the Structuring of Canada’s Social Sphere 198
- 8 Indigenizing Language Policy in Canada: Redressing Racial Hierarchies in Language and Education 221
- Decolonization and Official Language Policy: The African Example 240
- 9 The Promotion of Languages in Nigeria: An Example of Problematic Official Multilingualism in Africa 242
- 10 Denying Linguistic and Cultural Pluralismin Algeria: An Official Modelof Diversity Management 262
- Challenging the Limits of Official Language Policy 288
- 11 Challenging the Borders of Nation: Language and Translational Language Policy in the Plurilingual Romani Context 290
- Afterword Diversity Must Remain Diverse 326
- Contributors 336
- Index 344
