THE CIVIC TONGUE, POLITICAL CONSEQUENCES OF LANGUAGE CHOICES. BRIAN WEINSTEIN, (LONGMAN PROFESSIONAL STUDIES IN POLITICAL COMMUNICATION AND POLICY). NEW YORK AND LONDON: LONGMAN, 1983. PP. XXIII, 213. $22.50 (U.S.)
In: Canadian review of studies in nationalism: Revue canadienne des études sur le nationalisme, Band 11, Heft 2, S. 284-286
Abstract
ONE GOAL OF THE LONGMAN MONOGRAPH SERIES IS TO EXAMINE THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN POLITICAL COMMUNICATION AS A SOCIAL PROCESS AND COMMUNICATION POLICY. BRIAN WEINSTEIN, A POLITICAL SCIENTIST AT HOWARD UNIVERSITY, WASHINGTON, D.C., ACHIEVE THIS GOAL BY ILLUSTRATING THE FACT THAT THE VERY OPERATION OF A POLITICAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEM IS ITSELF A POLITICAL OUTCOME. WEINSTEIN HAS STUDIED THE POLITICS OF LANGUAGE IN NUMEROUS SOCIETIES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, AND HAD DIRECT PERSONAL EXPERIENCE IN FRANCOPHONE AFRICA, INDIA, AND THE UNITED STATES. HE IS NEITHER A MARXIST NOR A REPRESENTATIVE OF ANY OTHER IDENTIFIABLE SCHOOL OF THOUGHT. HIS APPROACH IS BROADLY LIBERAL, AND IN IDENTIFYING LANGUAGE POLICY OPTIONS WHERE AMERICAN TRADITION HAS FAILED TO IDENTIFY THEM, OR HAS SILENTLY INSISTED UPON LINGUISTIC CONFORMITY, HE VENTURES VIEWPOINTS THAT OTHER AMERICAN SCHOLARS HAVE FAILED TO EXPRESS.
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