STATE TRADITIONS AND LANGUAGE REGIMES

Language policies are political. They have political consequences as well as political origins. In State Traditions and Language Reg imes, scholars from Asia, Europe, and North America shift focus from the consequences of language policies to how and why states mak e language policy choices. This shift, theorized through the concept of language regime, inserts an urgently needed political scienc e perspective into the current dialogue between sociolinguists, who research the societal effects of language policies, and politica l theori...[Read more]