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Marking the return after a two-year hiatus of this annual collection of essays on linguistics and language education, the 1999 volume speaks to the most pressing social issues of our time. More than thirty contributors from around the world take up longstanding debates about language diversity, language standardization, and language policy. They tackle such controversial issues as the Official English movement, bilingual education, and ideological struggles over African American Vernacular English.



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Georgetown University Round Table on Languages

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      Publisher: Georgetown University Press
      Publication Date: 9/7/2001 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780878401321, 978-0878401321
      ISBN10: 0878401326

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      Book Synopsis

      Marking the return after a two-year hiatus of this annual collection of essays on linguistics and language education, the 1999 volume speaks to the most pressing social issues of our time. More than thirty contributors from around the world take up longstanding debates about language diversity, language standardization, and language policy. They tackle such controversial issues as the Official English movement, bilingual education, and ideological struggles over African American Vernacular English.



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      A valuable compendium of knowledge... the volume provides a current, accessible, welcome, and well-tempered picture of contemporary scholarship. Modern Language Journal

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