Language, Education and Nation-building : Assimilation and Shift in Southeast Asia

Sercombe, Peter (EDT); Tupas, Ruanni (EDT)

ISBN 10: 1403997462 / ISBN 13: 9781403997463

Published by Palgrave Macmillan, 2014

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Language, Education and Nation-building : Assimilation and Shift in Southeast Asia
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1403997462
• ISBN 13: 9781403997463
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This volume tracks the complex relationships between language, education and nation-building in Southeast Asia, focusing on how language policies have been used by states and governments as instruments of control, assimilation and empowerment. Leading scholars have contributed chapters each representing one of the countries in the region.

About the Author

Bao Dat, Monash University, Australia Angela Cincotta-Segi, La Trobe University, Australia Rommel A. Curaming, Universiti Brunei Darussalam Maya Khemlani David University of Malaya, Malaysia Freddy Kirana Kalidjernih, University of Tasmania, Austral Tim Frewer, University of Sydney, Australia Christian Giordano, University of Fribourg, Switzerland Khin Khin, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia. Kimmo Kosonen, Payap University, Thailand Beatriz P. Lorente, University of Basel, Switzerland James McLellan, Universiti Brunei Darussalam Simon Musgrave, Monash University, Australia Phan Le Ha, University of Hawaii, US Kirk R. Person, SIL International Vu Hai Ha, Vietnam National University, Hanoi Lionel Wee, National University of Singapore