Revivals, Nationalism, and Linguistic Discrimination: Threatening Languages

by Umberto Ansaldo and Kara Fleming

Is linguistic revival beneficiary to the plight of newly emerging, peripheral or even 'threatened' cultures? Or is it a smokescreen that hides the vestiges of ethnocentric ideologies, which ultimately create a hegemonic relationship? This book takes a critical look at revival exercises of special historical and geopolitical significance, and argues that a critical and cautious approach to revival movements is necessary.

The cases of Sinhala,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138193313
• ISBN13: 9781138193314
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 138 Pages
• Weight: 0.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"