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LANGUAGE AND POLITICS IN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA:MYTHS AND REALITIES.Thomas Ricento and Barbara Burnaby (Eds.).Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum, 1998. Pp xv + 357. $39.95 paper.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 March 2000

Timothy Reagan
Affiliation:
University of Connecticut

Abstract

This book is an outstanding contribution to the literature on language policy, language planning, and language rights. It provides a fascinating comparative treatment of developments related to issues of language and politics in the United States and Canada. Divided into five sections, the book includes chapters that present broad overviews of the demographic and policy situations in the two nations, chapters on indigenous languages in North America, chapters on the legal implications of official language policies, chapters on educational issues related to language policies, and finally, chapters addressing issues of language services and language rights.

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2000 Cambridge University Press

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