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Language and Politics

John Joseph

Print publication date: 2006

Print ISBN-13: 9780748624522

Published to Edinburgh Scholarship Online: September 2012

DOI: 10.3366/edinburgh/9780748624522.001.0001

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Language and Nation

Language and Nation

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(p.22) Chapter 2 Language and Nation
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Language and Politics
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John E. Joseph

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Edinburgh University Press
DOI:10.3366/edinburgh/9780748624522.003.0002

This chapter discusses the conception of nation and language; what is or is not ‘a language’; the role of writing; constructing ‘the language’ by controlling variation; language, knowledge and power; how new languages emerge; and oppression and identity.

Keywords:   language, nation, writing, variation, knowledge, power, oppression, identity

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