Linguistic genocide in education, or worldwide diversity and human rights? /
General Material Designation
[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
Tove Skutnabb-Kangas
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Mahwah, N.J. :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
L. Erlbaum Associates,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2000
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xxxiii, 785 p. :
Other Physical Details
ill. ;
Dimensions
24 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 669-736) and indexes
CONTENTS NOTE
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What is happening to the languages of the world -- Connections between biodiversity and linguistic and cultural diversity -- Mother tongue(s), culture, ethnicity, and self-determination -- Linguistic diversity: curse or blessing? To be maintained or not? Why? -- State policies towards languages: linguistic genocide, language death, or support for languages -- Globalisation, power, and control -- Linguistic human rights -- Linguistic human rights in education? -- Alternatives to genocide and dystopia