Language and Equality

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents vii
3. List of contributors ix
4. List of publications by Charlene Junko Sato x
5. Preface xii
6. Acknowledgements xv
7. Sociopolitical Perspectives on Language Policy, Politics, and Praxis 1
8. Comparative Historical Analysis of U.S. Language Policy and Language Planning 17
9. The Language of Policy 39
10. The Sociopolitical Dynamics of Indigenous Language Maintenance and Loss 67
11. Culture, Discourse, and Indigenous Epistemology 99
12. Looking at Federal Education Legislation From a Language Policy/Planning Perspective 117
13. Public Perceptions of Official English/English Only 131
14. Language Policy/Planning and U.S. Colonialism 155
15. US Language Planning and Policies for Social Dialect Speakers 173
16. The Politics of Sign Language 193
17. Language Varieties and Language Policy 205
18. (Mis)Educating Mexican Americans Through Language 223
19. Language and Equality 243
20. The Role of Language and Culture in Teaching Reading 267
21. Foreign Language Policy and Planning in Higher Education 297
22. Hawaiian Language Regenesis 313
23. From Developing One’s Voice to Making Oneself Heard 333
24. The role of Social Networks and the Strength of Weak Ties in Changing Language Policy 347
25. Index 361