Language: A Right and a Resource
Approaches to Linguistic Human Rights
Edited by Miklós Kontra, Hungarian Academy
of Sciences, Robert Phillipson, Roskilde University,
Denmark, Tove Skutnabb-Kangas, Roskilde University,
Denmark and Tibor Várady, Central European University,
Budapest
"An impressive example of insights that only interdisciplinary
work can produce, Language: A right and a resource,
presents articles by linguists, educators, lawyers,
political scientists and human rights experts. ...unlike
other conference-based collections, the various contributors
form a harmonious and insightful whole... ." -
Language Policy
"The main goal is to clarify what linguistic human
rights are, what they can and cannot do, and what their
implications are in bilingual and multilingual contexts.
To achieve this goal, a multidisciplinary approach is
adobted, with experts in law, economics and sociolinguistics
contributing insights peculiar to their disciplines.
This multidisciplinary approach is both informative
and rewarding, serving not only to clarify concepts
but also to clear away misconceptions and reveal limitations
of the scope and strength of linguistic human rights.
In this regard, the book is a major contribution to
the literature in this field..." - Language
in Society
"This collection of papers is an important further
contribution and should be of interest to anyone concerned
with minority rights and the language question. Its
approach is multidisciplinary, drawing on insights from
the field of law and economics, as well associolinguistics."
- Slavic Review
"Graduate students, sociolinguists, lawyers and
legistrators engaged in discussions of linguistic rights
will find the broad range of the volume and its focus
on key issues in the advancement of LHRs informative
and noteworthy."
- Language (University of Pennsylvania)
"This volume provides a richness of detail on
LHR from a number of perspectives, as well as providing
both in-depth theoretical papers and detailed case studies...
Moreover, the rich material on East Central Europe and
the Baltics broadens our knowledge of issues related
to LHR in a rapidly changing part of the world... the
volume raises a number of key issues for researchers
engaged in LHR, discussion of which should lead us to
a richer understanding of LHR." - International
Journal of the Sociology of Language
Linguistic Human Rights is a fast growing new area
of study combining the principles of national and international
law with the study of language as a central dimension
of ethnicity. Implementation of these principles is
aimed at ensuring that no state or society violates
these basic rights.
This path breaking study broadens our knowledge of
the important role of language in minority rights and
in social and political struggles for linguistc human
rights. Exploring the interactions of linguistic diversity,
biodiversity, the free market and human rights, the
contributors present case studies to highlight such
issues as Kurdish satellite TV attempting to create
a virtual state on the air through trying to achieve
basic linguistc human rights for Kurds in Turkey; the
implementation of linguistc human rights in the Baltic
states; and the obstacles met in education by Roma and
the deaf in Hungary because of lack of appropriate linguistc
human rights.
Language: A Right and a Resource is a valuable
multi-disciplinary text which can be used in a variety
of different areas of study in the legal profession,
linguistics, cultural and political studies.
Contents
Chapter 1: Conceptualizing & implementing linguistc
human rights GENERAL ISSUES Chapter 2: International
languages and international human rights Chapter
3: Heroes, rebels, communities and states in language
rights activism and litigation Chapter 4: "Don't
speak Hungarian in public!" Chapter 5: Common
language problem LEGAL ISSUES Chapter 6: Existing
rights of minorities and international law Chapter
7: Slovak state language law MARKET ISSUES Chapter
8: Market forces, language spread and linguistic
diversity Chapter 9: Linguistic diversity, human
rights and the free market Chapter 10: Language
rights in the emerging world linguistic order Chapter
11: Separating language from ethnicity Chapter
12: Language policy in a changing society EDUCATION
& ETHNICITY ISSUES Chapter 13: Recognition of sign
language Chapter 14: Linguistic human rights
problems among Romani and Boyash speakers of Hungary
Chapter 15: Contempt for linguistic human rights
in the service of the Catholic Church
1999
360 pages
ISBN 978-963-9116-63-4 cloth $49.95/ €42.95 / £29.95
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