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Read [Tove Skutnabb-Kangas Book] ^ Linguistic Genocide in Education--or Worldwide Diversity and Human Rights? Online * PDF eBook or Kindle ePUB free. Linguistic Genocide in Education--or Worldwide Diversity and Human Rights? The examples come from all parts of the world and try to avoid Eurocentrism. In this powerful, multidisciplinary book, Tove Skutnabb-Kangas shows how most indigenous and minority education contributes to linguistic genocide according to United Nations definitions. Theory is combined with a wealth of factual encyclopedic information and with many examples and vignettes. Oriented toward theory and practice, facts and evaluations, and reflection and action, the book prompts readers to find informat
| Title | : | Linguistic Genocide in Education--or Worldwide Diversity and Human Rights? |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.53 (602 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0805834680 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 824 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-12-12 |
| Language | : | English |
This is not a gentle and neutral text but an agitated uncovering of inequity and injustice. Both specialists and those new to the field will find it challenging and informative. Skutnabb-Kangas' 667 pages of running text and 70 pages of references in defence of global language diversity is impressive and worth the effort. It combines rich description with in-depth analysis examining sociolinguistic, sociocultural, and political issues from different perspectives withoutlosing sight of the main thesis of the book. Few scholars produce works of such sub
"A brilliant and badly needed polemic" according to William J. Poser. Throughout history, dominant groups have suppressed the languages of minorities. Today, due to mass communication and powerful, centralized states, minority languages are at risk the world over. While other books emphasize the loss to science (through the restriction of the linguistic database) and to cultural div. "A necessary reference, not only for linguists" according to Liu Haitao. From some days, I am waiting to introduce the interesting book for you via Web. 'Big' languages are killing their 'smaller' brothers and sisters. Education is their main tool to realize 'genocide'. Linguistic diversity is as important as biodiversity and cultural diversity in our globe. We cannot imagine the world. "A necessary reference, not only for linguists" according to Liu Haitao. 'Big' languages are killing their 'smaller' brothers andsisters. Education is their main tool to realize'genocide'. Linguistic diversity is as important as biodiversity and cultural diversity in our globe. We cannot imagine the world not having the culture and the human beings without language. The ecological envi
The examples come from all parts of the world and try to avoid Eurocentrism. In this powerful, multidisciplinary book, Tove Skutnabb-Kangas shows how most indigenous and minority education contributes to linguistic genocide according to United Nations definitions. Theory is combined with a wealth of factual encyclopedic information and with many examples and vignettes. Oriented toward theory and practice, facts and evaluations, and reflection and action, the book prompts readers to find information about the world and their local contexts, to reflect and to act. A Web site with additional resource materials to this book can be found at ruc/tovesk/
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