Language, Identity and Conflict: A Comparative Study of Language in Ethnic Conflict in Europe and Eurasia (Routledge Advances in Sociology)

Mac Giolla Chríost, Diarmait

ISBN 10: 0415259509 / ISBN 13: 9780415259507

Published by Routledge, 2003

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Language, Identity and Conflict: A Comparative Study of Language in Ethnic Conflict in Europe and Eurasia (Routledge Advances in Sociology)
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415259509
• ISBN 13: 9780415259507
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This innovative study of language and identity in recent and contemporary cases of ethnic conflict in Europe and Eurasia sets out a response to the limitations in the fields of linguistics and political science. Using examples of language policy and planning in conflict situations, it examines the functions of language as a marker of identity in ethnic conflict, and the extent to which language may be a causal factor in ethnic conflict.

About the Author

Diarmait Mac Giolla Chr?ost has been a consultant and advisor to a number of national and international agencies. He is currently facilitating a new departure in language planning in Wales through establishing a strategic language planning agency in the form of an innovative partnership arrangement between Trinity College and Carmarthenshire County Council.