Ideologies in Action

by Alexandra Jaffe

Book Overview

In Corsica, spelling contests, road signs, bilingual education bills and Corsican language newscasts leave language planners and ordinary speakers deeply divided over how to define what "counts" as Corsican and how it is connected with cultural identity. In Ideologies in Action Alexandra Jaffe explores the complex interrelationship between linguistic ideologies and practices on the French island of Corsica. This detailed exploration of the ideological...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3110164450
• ISBN13: 9783110164459
• Release Date: August 1999
• Publisher: de Gruyter Mouton
• Length: 333 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.2"