17. Language and science

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents xix
3. Language and communication: Diversity and change – An introduction 1
4. I. Language minorities and inequality
5. 1. Regional and immigrant minority languages in Europe 15
6. 2. Immigrant language minorities in the United States 53
7. 3. Immigrant minorities: Australia 87
8. 4. Linguistic diversity: Africa 123
9. 5. Linguistic diversity: Asia 151
10. 6. Language contact, culture and ecology 177
11. II. Language planning and language change
12. 7. Models and approaches in language policy and planning 211
13. 8. Back from the brink: The revival of endangered languages 241
14. 9. Economics and language policy 271
15. 10. Language and colonialism 299
16. 11. Linguistic imperialism? English as a global language 333
17. 12. Language planning and language rights 365
18. III. Language variation and change in institutional contexts
19. 13. Language and education 401
20. 14. Forensic linguistics 429
21. 15. Language and religion 459
22. 16. Language, war, and peace 493
23. 17. Language and science 523
24. 18. Multilingualism on the Internet 553
25. IV. The discourse of linguistic diversity and language change
26. 19. Attitudes to language and communication 595
27. 20. Language, racism, and ethnicity 619
28. 21. Language and sexism 651
29. 22. Linguistic diversity and language standardization 685
30. 23. Borrowing as language conflict 715
31. 24. Political correctness and freedom of speech 751
32. Backmatter 765