Language without Rights
Author(s): Lionel Wee (Author)
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- Publication Date: December 10, 2010
- Edition: 1st
- Language: English
- Print length: 232 pages
- ISBN-10: 0199737436
- ISBN-13: 9780199737437
Book Description
Language without Rights is a book-length critique of the concept of language rights. Synthesizing insights from a variety of disciplines, including linguistic anthropology, sociolinguistics, sociology and political philosophy, Wee demonstrates how the appeal to language rights faces a number of conceptual and practical problems, particularly because the discourse of rights is fundamentally inconsistent with the socially variable nature of language. The book also explores an alternative that is more in tune with the complexities of language in social life by suggesting that issues involving language are better managed within a model of deliberative democracy.
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A book-length critique of the concept of language rights
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A book-length critique of the concept of language rights
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Lionel Wee is Associate Professor of English Language and Literature at National University of Singapore.
About the Author
Lionel Wee is Associate Professor of English Language and Literature at National University of Singapore.
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Language without Rights
Author(s): Lionel Wee (Author)
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- Publication Date: December 10, 2010
- Edition: 1st
- Language: English
- Print length: 232 pages
- ISBN-10: 0199737428
- ISBN-13: 9780199737420
Book Description
Language without Rights is a book-length critique of the concept of language rights. Synthesizing insights from a variety of disciplines, including linguistic anthropology, sociolinguistics, sociology and political philosophy, Wee demonstrates how the appeal to language rights faces a number of conceptual and practical problems, particularly because the discourse of rights is fundamentally inconsistent with the socially variable nature of language. The book also explores an alternative that is more in tune with the complexities of language in social life by suggesting that issues involving language are better managed within a model of deliberative democracy.
Editorial Reviews
Review
A book-length critique of the concept of language rights
Book Description
A book-length critique of the concept of language rights
From the Publisher
Lionel Wee is Associate Professor of English Language and Literature at National University of Singapore.
About the Author
Lionel Wee is Associate Professor of English Language and Literature at National University of Singapore.
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