Linguistic human rights: overcoming linguistic discrimination

In: Contributions to the sociology of language 67

Abstract

Introduction / Robert Phillipson, Mart Rannut and Tove Skutnabb-Kangas -- I. The Scope of Linguistic Human Rights. Combining immigrant and autochthonous language rights: a territorial approach to multilingualism / Francois Grin. On the limits of ethnolinguistic democracy / Joshua A. Fishman. Linguistic human rights and educational policy in Russia / Alexei A. Leontiev. Linguistic human rights, past and present / Tove Skutnabb-Kangas and Robert Phillipson. Typology of language legislation / Joseph-G. Turi. Personal names and human rights / Bjorn H. Jernudd -- II. Country Studies: Towards Empowerment. Language policy in the United States: a history of cultural genocide / Eduardo Hernandez-Chavez. The discourse of disinformation: the debate on bilingual education and language rights in the United States / Jim Cummins. Beyond linguistic policy: the Soviet Union versus Estonia / Mart Rannut. Maori language rights in New Zealand / Timoti S. Karetu