Society, polity, and language community: An enlightenment trinity in anthropological perspective

Journal of Language and Politics

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 339-363

  Silverstein, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Enlightenment political theories; Ethnolinguistic minorities; James Madison; Language community; Logocracy; Social categories and groups

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149278522     PISSN: 15692159     EISSN: 15699862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/jlp.9.3.01sil     Document Type: Article

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