Linguistic Culture and Language Policy

Harold F.Schiffman is Professor of South Asian Regional Studies and Luce Professor of Language Learning at the University of Pennsylvania.

• Chapter 1 Introduction: language policy and linguistic culture; Chapter 2 Typologies of multilingualism and typologies of language policy; Chapter 3 Religion, myth and linguistic culture; Chapter 4 Language policy and linguistic culture in France; Chapter 5 French in the marginal areas: Alsace and the other regions; Chapter 6 Indian linguistic culture and the genesis of language policy in the subcontinent; Chapter 7 Language policy and linguistic culture in Tamilnadu; Chapter 8 Language policy in the United States; Chapter 9 Language policy in California; Chapter 10 Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography Index;