Language Policy and Language Planning : From Nationalism to Globalisation (Paperback, Second Edition 2016)

1. Introduction PART I: COMMUNITY AND THE ROLE OF NATIONAL LANGUAGE 2. From Language Continuum to Linguistic Mosaic: European Language Communities from the Feudal Period to the Age of Nationalism 3. Language Planning in State Nations and Nation States 4. Nation Building in the Wake of Colonialism: Old Concepts in New Settings PART II: TRANSCENDENCE AND LANGUAGE LEARNING 5. Transcending the Group: Languages of Contact and Lingua Francas 6. French: The Rise and Fall of a Prestige Lingua Franca 7. English: From Language of Empire to Language of Globalisation 8. Lingua Francas for the New Millennium 9. Globalisation and Rethinking the Concept of Language PART III: RENAISSANCE AND REVITALISATION IN SMALL LANGUAGE COMMUNITIES 10. New Discourse, New Legal Instruments and a New Political Context for Minorities and their Languages 11 . New Polities and New Nation Building 12 . Endangered Languages 13. Conclusion: Community and Transcendence