ECMI Library
The ECMI Library is an independent collection of books, journals, and grey literature of more than 3,000 items covering many aspects of minority issues. The highly specialized collection offers public access to a variety of materials in more than twenty languages on interethnic relations, language and cultural diversity issues and ethnic conflict in Europe.
The Library includes a useful reference section and a considerable number of published and unpublished reports, and is especially strong in the area of minority protection with regards to international law. The ECMI Library is also unique in that it includes an ever-growing number of annual reports of Ombudsman offices around the world, which provide insight into the human rights situation in many countries. Current periodical and newspaper subscriptions reflect the multidisciplinary nature of ECMI research, and reference services are provided both in-house and for the general public.
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| Author |
Millar, Robert McColl |
|---|---|
| Title | Language, Nation and Power : An Introduction |
| Parallel title / Title of generic unit | |
| Subject | 1. Language and languages-Political aspects. 2. Standard language. 3. Language planning. 4. Nationalism. |
| Publisher | Houndsmills and New York: Palgrave Macmillan |
| Year | 2005 |
| Pages | ix, 232 |
| Description | Almost every nation speaks its own language. This seems straightforward: part of our identity as citizens. But the truth is more complex. In world terms, territorial multilingualism is much more common than monolingualism. In the great wave of nationalism which has swept over first Europe and then the rest of the world during the modern period, pre-existing and new states have been re-imagined as nations. Central to this process is the development and elaboration of a national standard language. Written for both a student and researcher audience in linguistics, sociology and politics, this book discusses this process, examining what language standardization and planning mean both as developments on their own and as part of the nation-building process. It dissects the power differences which the prestige of a standardized variety both mimics and helps to support, whilst also considering the hegemonic forces which may lead to less societal multilingualism in the future. |
| Type | Book |
| Note | Includes bibliography and index. CONTENTS: An Introduction: Diglossia and its Aftermath / Nation and Language / Language and Dialect / Language Standardization: Process / Language Standardization: Testing the Models / Language Planning: Process / Language Planning: Testing the Models / Language and Nation-building / Conclusion / Notes / Bibliography / Index |
| Language | English |
| Series | |
| Identifier | 1403939721 |
| Call No. |
410 |
| Location |
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How to find the ECMI Library?
The ECMI Library is accessible to staff, students and the general public at the:
Danish Central Library (next to The Schleswig Collection)
Norderstraße 59
Flensburg.
Materials from the ECMI Library may not be loaned out, but can be consulted in the Danish library on the following days:
Monday - Friday: 10 am - 7 pm
Saturday: 10 am - 2 pm
For any other inquiries, please contact the ECMI Librarian at library@
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