Whilst earlier studies of language planning and of standardisation have tended to study macro processes, this volume is in line with more recent work aimed at b

This revised second edition is a comprehensive overview of why we speak the languages that we do. It covers language learning imposed by political and economic

Whilst earlier studies of language planning and of standardisation have tended to study macro processes, this volume is in line with more recent work aimed at b

Following the collapse of the former Yugoslavia, Croatian was declared to be a separate language, distinct from Serbian, and linguistic issues became highly pol

Romani is the first language, and family and community language, of upwards of 3-4 million people and possibly many more in Europe, the Americas, and Australia.