Language, Society, and the State
From Colonization to Globalization in Taiwan
1st Edition
Published on 17. June 2019
XXIII, 264 pages
978-1-61451-464-0 (ISBN)
Description
Using Taiwan as a case study, this book constructs an innovative theory of a political sociology of language. Through documentary and ethnographic data and a comparative-historical method the book illustrates how language mediates interactions between society and the state and becomes politicized as a result; how language, politics and power are intertwined processes; and how these processes are not isolated in institutions but socially embedded.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Boston
United States
Publishing group
De Gruyter
Target group
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student
Illustrations
10 s/w Tabellen, 1 Abbildung
1 b/w ill., 10 b/w tbl.
File size
1,43 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-61451-464-0 (9781614514640)
Schweitzer Classification
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Content
- Intro
- Acknowledgments
- Contents
- Preface
- List of Acronyms
- 1. Language, society, and the state: Defining the terrain
- 2. Towards a political sociology of language
- 3. The coming of the state: Taiwan encounters China and Europe
- 4. State against society: The Japanese and KMT regimes
- 5. Democratization, pluralism, and multilingualism
- 6. Globalization, neoliberalism, and immigration
- Epilogue
- Appendix: Languages in Taiwan
- Bibliography
- Index
