Motivation in Language Planning and Language Policy (Multilingual Matters (Series), 119.)

By D.E. Ager

The aim of this book is to investigate motives for action on language. Seven seem to recur: identity, insecurity, ideology, image, inequality, integration and instrumentality. The author relates those to wider issues of personal and social motivation, discussing the language strategies, plans and policies of a number of individuals, communities and states.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1853595284
• ISBN13: 9781853595288
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Multilingual Matters Limited
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.8" x 8.3"