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Linguistics in a Colonial World: A Story of Language, Meaning, and Power

ISBN: 978-1-4051-0570-5
Paperback
210 pages
September 2007, Wiley-Blackwell
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  • Explores how early endeavours in linguistics were used to aid in overcoming practical and ideological difficulties of colonial rule
  • Traces the uses and effects of colonial linguistic projects in the shaping of identities and communities that were under, or in opposition to, imperial regimes
  • Examines enduring influences of colonial linguistics in contemporary thinking about language and cultural difference
  • Brings new insight into post-colonial controversies including endangered languages and language rights in the globalized twenty-first century
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