Language, Nation and Power: An Introduction [Hardcover]

Robert McColl Millar (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1403939713 | ISBN-13: 978-1403939715 | Publication Date: September 29, 2005

Language, Nation and Power provides students with a discussion of the ways in which language has been (and is) used to construct national or ethnic identity. Using examples from around the world and from different historical periods, the book focuses on the processes by which a language can be planned and standardized and what the results of these processes are for both the language and the people who speak it.

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About the Author

Robert McColl Millar is the Coordinator, Language and Linguistics Programme at the School of Language and Literature, University of Aberdeen.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 248 pages
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan (September 29, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1403939713
• ISBN-13: 978-1403939715
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.6 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.9 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,674,105 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Robert McColl Millar is Reader in Linguistics at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland. Born in 1966 in Elderslie (of 'Braveheart' fame) in the west of Scotland, he has been obsessed with language for as long as he can remember. A native speaker of Scots and from a Gaelic-speaking background, language variation and change and the sociology of language are never far from his thoughts. A graduate of Glasgow and London Universities, he has held academic posts in Canada, Finland, Austria and Norway. He is married to Sandra, a schoolteacher, who is originally from Luxembourg. They have a daughter, Mairi, born in 2008.