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Language, Nation and Power

An Introduction

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  1. Robert McColl Millar

    1. University of Aberdeen, UK

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. An Introduction: Diglossia and its Aftermath

    • Robert McColl Millar
    Pages 1-8

  3. Nation and Language

    • Robert McColl Millar
    Pages 9-30

  4. Language and Dialect

    • Robert McColl Millar
    Pages 31-58

  5. Language Standardization: Process

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    Pages 59-72

  6. Language Standardization: Testing the Models

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    Pages 73-93

  7. Language Planning: Process

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    Pages 94-114

  8. Language Planning: Testing the Models

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    Pages 115-153

  9. Language and Nation-building

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    Pages 154-198

  10. Conclusion

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    Pages 199-205

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 206-232
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About this book

Language, Nation and Power provides students with a discussion of the ways in which language has been (and is being) used to construct national (or ethnic) identity. It focuses on the processes by which a language can be planned and standardized and what the results of these processes are. Particular emphasis is given to the historical and social effects which nationalism has had on the development of language since the French Revolution. For students of linguistics, sociology and politics.

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Aberdeen, UK

    Robert McColl Millar

About the author

ROBERT McCOLL MILLAR is a Lecturer in Linguistics at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland. He has published widely on the interface between Gaelic and Scots in Scotland, language attitudes in modern Scotland, language at the margins of polities and rapid linguistic change due to language contact.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Language, Nation and Power

  • Book Subtitle: An Introduction

  • Authors: Robert McColl Millar

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230504226

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Language & Linguistics Collection, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2005

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4039-3971-5Published: 05 August 2005

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4039-3972-2Published: 05 August 2005

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-50422-6Published: 05 August 2005

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 232

  • Topics: Sociolinguistics, Anthropology, Multilingualism, Ethnicity Studies

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