Language rights: Moving the debate forward

Journal of Sociolinguistics

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 319-347

  May, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Essentialism; Language and mobility; Language rights; Linguistic modernisation; Macro micro language practices; Minorities

Indexed keywords

EID: 27944441043     PISSN: 13606441     EISSN: 14679841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-6441.2005.00295.x     Document Type: Review

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