Language Planning and Social Change by Robert L. Cooper
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Description This book describes the way in which politicians, church leaders, generals, leaders of national movements and others try to influence our use of language. Using many examples, the author argues that language planning is never attempted for its own sake, but rather for the attainment of nonlinguistic ends.
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This book describes the ways in which politicians, church officials, generals, and other leaders try to influence our use of language. Using many examples, Professor Cooper argues that language planning is never attempted for its own sake, but rather for the attainment of nonlinguistic ends. Examples discussed include the revival of Hebrew as a spoken language, feminist campaigns to eliminate sexist bias in language, adult literacy campaigns, the plain language movement, efforts to distinguish American from British spelling, the American bilingual education movement, the creation of writing systems for unwritten languages, and campaigns to rid languages of foreign terms. This is the first book to define the field of language planning and relate it to other aspects of social planning and to social change.
Author Biography
Cooper is Professor of Education and Sociology, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Details ISBN 0521336414 ISBN-13 9780521336413 Title Language Planning and Social Change Author Robert L. Cooper Format Paperback Year 1990 Pages 228 Publisher Cambridge University Press GE_Item_ID:7705930; About Us
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