Medha, (2015) Book review: standardizing diversity: the political economy of language regimes. LSE Review of Books (29 Jul 2015). Website.
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What explains the different language regime choices and what are the economic repercussions of these decisions? In Standardizing Diversity: The Political Economy of Language Regimes the author argues we need to pay more attention to the role that a neutral language of inter-ethnic communication plays in generating a sense of fairness, equality and inclusivity in heterogeneous multilingual societies. By focusing on Malaysia and Singapore as case studies, Medha finds this to be a highly readable book that focuses on the role and impact of lingua francas—common, link languages between speakers with different mother tongues.
| Item Type: | Online resource (Website) |
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| Official URL: | http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofbooks/ |
| Additional Information: | © 2015 The Author(s) CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 |
| Divisions: | LSE |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races J Political Science > JC Political theory J Political Science > JF Political institutions (General) P Language and Literature > P Philology. Linguistics |
| Date Deposited: | 11 Apr 2017 15:30 |
| Last Modified: | 15 Sep 2023 19:59 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/73505 |
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