Guardians of language twenty voices through history 1st Edition by Florian Coulmas ISBN 0198736525 978-0198736523

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ISBN 10: 0198736525

ISBN 13: 978-0198736523 

Author: Florian Coulmas

This book provides an accessible account of the origins and conceptual foundations of language policy. Florian Coulmas discusses the influence of twenty intellectuals from medieval to modern times, and from a variety of cultures, who have taken issue with language, its use, development, and political potential. These ‘guardians of language’ range from renowned figures such as Dante, Noah Webster, and Gandhi, to less well-known individuals such as the Spanish grammarian Antonio de Nebrija and Senegalese politician and poet Leopold Sedar Senghor. Each chapter begins by providing background information on the scholar whose work is being reviewed and ends with a summary of his key thoughts on language in the form of an imaginary interview.

Table of contents:

Preface
Introduction: The Politics of Language
1: Alcuin of York
2: Sibawayhi
3: Dante Alighieri
4: King Sejong the Great
5: Elio Antonio de Nebrija
6: Cardinal Richelieu
7: Catherine the Great
8: Adamántios Koraïs
9: Noah Webster
10: Jacob Grimm
11: Eliezer Ben-Yehuda
12: Ludovik Lazarus Zamenhof
13: Ueda Kazutoshi
14: Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
15: Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
16: Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
17: Zhou Enlai
18: Pope Paul VI
19: Sutan Takdir Alisjahbana
20: Léopold Sédar Senghor
Lessons learnt
Bibliography
Index

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