Dominant Languages : Language and Hierarchy in Britain and France (Paperback)

Preface; 1. Introduction: the politics of communicative practice; 2. The view from the centre: France; 3. And England; 4. A view from the periphery - Occitanie; 5. The politics of language in Wales, Ireland and Scotland; 6. Immigrants and language: the 'Mother Tongue'; 7. Immigrants and language: the issue of competence; 8. Language and social differentiation; 9. Barbarous tongues: the hierarchical ordering of difference; 10. Language, class, power, education; 11. Authoritative discourse; Bibliography; Index.