A groundbreaking new work that sheds light on case studies of linguistic human rights around the world, raising much-needed awareness of the struggles of many peoples and communities
The first book of its kind, the Handbook of Linguistic Human Rights presents a diverse range of theoretically grounded studies of linguistic human rights, exemplifying what linguistic justice is and how it might be achieved. Through explorations of ways in which linguistic human rights are understood in both national and international contexts, this innovative volume demonstrates how linguistic human rights are supported or violated on all continents, with a particular focus on the marginalized languages of minorities and Indigenous peoples, in industrialized countries and the Global South.
Organized into five parts, this volume first presents approaches to linguistic human rights in international and national law, political theory, sociology, economics, history, education, and critical theory. Subsequent sections address how international standards are promoted or impeded and cross-cutting issues, including translation and interpreting, endangered languages and the internet, the impact of global English, language testing, disaster situations, historical amnesia, and more. This essential reference work:
Explores approaches to linguistic human rights (LHRs) in all key scholarly disciplines Assesses the strengths and weaknesses of international law Covenants and Declarations that recognize the LHRs of Indigenous peoples, minorities and other minoritized groups Presents evidence of how LHRs are being violated on all continents, and evidence of successful struggles for achieving linguistic human rights and linguistic justice Stresses the importance of the mother tongues of Indigenous peoples and minorities being the main teaching/learning languages for cultural identity, success in education, and social integration Includes a selection of short texts that present additional existential evidence of LHRs
Edited by two renowned leaders in the field, the Handbook of Linguistic Human Rights is an ideal resource for undergraduate and graduate students of language and law, sociolinguistics, applied linguistics, language policy, language education, indigenous studies, language rights, human rights, and globalization.
Edited by:
Tove Skutnabb-Kangas,
Robert Phillipson
Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 272mm,
Width: 178mm,
Spine: 19mm
Weight: 1.021kg
ISBN: 9781119753834
ISBN 10: 111975383X
Series: Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics
Pages: 736
Publication Date: 30 August 2024
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
,
Primary
,
Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Acknowledgements ix Abbreviations xi Notes on Contributors xv 1 Introduction: Establishing Linguistic Human Rights 1 Tove Skutnabb-Kangas and Robert Phillipson Part I Approaches to Linguistic Human Rights 23 2 Linguistic Human Rights in International Law 25 Robert Dunbar 3 Sociolinguistic and Political Theory Perspectives on Language Rights 39 Stephen May 4 Linguistic and Epistemic Erasure in Africa: Coloniality, Linguistic Human Rights and Decoloniality 55 Kathleen Heugh 5 Struggling to Access Health Information in the Midst of a Pandemic: Linguistic Human Rights in Indonesia 71 Hywel Coleman and David Fero 6 Economic and Policy Issues in the Promotion of Linguistic Human Rights 95 François Grin 7 Preventing the Implementation of Linguistic Human Rights in Education 109 Tove Skutnabb-Kangas 8 Debating Linguistic Human Rights in Militarised Myanmar: Political Agitation and Policy Deliberation 127 Joseph Lo Bianco 9 Language Policy Implications of ‘Global’ English for Linguistic Human Rights 143 Robert Phillipson 10 From Neoliberal to Decolonial Language Rights and Reparative Linguistic Justice 159 Ahmed Kabel Part II International Standards for Linguistic Human Rights 175 11 Some Shortcomings of Linguistic Rights 177 Gudmundur Alfredsson 12 Linguistic Human Rights Challenges in the Work of the UN Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues 183 Fernand de Varennes 13 Time, Politics, and Linguistic Human Rights: Bringing Words to our Songs 195 Elsa Stamatopoulou 14 Linguistic Human Rights Challenges in the Work of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues 211 Ole Henrik Magga 15 Linguistic Human Rights in Relation to the Administration of Justice: A European Perspective 227 Kristin Henrard 16 Using the UN Human Rights Treaty System to Defend LHRs 235 Andrea Bear Nicholas, Lorena Fontaine, Amos Key, Jr and Karihwakéron Tim Thompson 17 The Bangkok Statement on Language and Inclusion: A Rose by Any Other Name? 251 Kirk R. Person 18 Linguistic Human Rights in the Work of the World Federation of the Deaf 267 Victoria Manning, Joseph J. Murray and Alexandre Bloxs Part III Case Studies: Linguistic Human Rights Violated 281 19 Resistance to the Violations of Linguistic Human Rights in Nunavut, Canada 283 Aluki Kotierk 20 Linguicide and Historicide 295 Andrea Bear Nicholas 21 Linguistic Human Rights for Indigenous Peoples in the USA 303 Jon Reyhner 22 Linguistic Human Rights of Minorities in China 319 Minglang Zhou 23 Linguistic Human Rights in Tibet: Advocacy and Denial 327 Gerald Roche 24 Linguistic, Cultural, and Ethnic Genocide of the Uyghurs in Xinjiang, China 341 Abduweli Ayup, Shungqar Tékin and Erkin Sidick 25 Linguistic Human Rights in Kurdistan 357 Jaffer Sheyholislami 26 The Linguistic Human Rights Plight of Hungarians in Ukraine 373 István Csernicskó and Miklós Kontra 27 A Tale of Two Springs and an Impending Winter: Linguistic Human Rights and the Politics of Dignity in North Africa 383 Ahmed Kabel 28 English Linguistic Imperialism and Mother Tongue Medium Education in Ethiopia 393 Yirga G. Woldeyes 29 Judicial Interpretations of the Law to Safeguard Linguistic Minorities in India 405 E. Annamalai 30 Linguistic Human Rights and Higher Education: Reflections from India 413 Shivani Nag 31 Language Matters for Development, Peace, and Reconciliation: The Case for Change in Haiti 427 Dominique Dupuy 32 Romani Emancipation and Linguistic Human Rights 431 Dieter W. Halwachs Part IV Case Studies: Implementing Linguistic Human Rights 443 33 Finnish and Swedish as National Languages of Finland: A Linguistic Human Rights Success Story – Why and How? 445 Markku Suksi 34 When Implementation of Linguistic Human Rights Does Not Match Legislation – The Case of Sweden 453 Jarmo Lainio 35 Court Challenges and Linguistic Human Rights: The Canadian Case 469 Pierre Foucher 36 Linguistic Human Rights of Indigenous Sámi in the Finnish Education System 477 Ulla Aikio-Puoskari / Gáppe Piera Jovnna Ulla 37 A Time of Promise in Latin America: Linguistic Human Rights from within Language Communities 493 Gabriela Pérez Báez and Yásnaya Elena Aguilar Gil 38 Pueblo Revitalisation in Education in Southwest USA 507 Christine Sims 39 Language Endangerment and Linguistic Human Rights of a Cross-Border Minority: Karelian in Russia and Finland 517 Anneli Sarhimaa 40 Linguistic Human Rights in Russia 533 Janne Saarikivi 41 Challenges in the Acknowledgement and Implementation of Linguistic Human Rights in Nepal 551 Lava Deo Awasthi, Mark Turin, and Yogendra Prasad Yadava 42 Linguistic Human Rights in Education in India: Odisha’s Partial Success Story 561 Ajit Mohanty 43 Language Rights as Human Rights in Aotearoa New Zealand 577 Richard Benton 44 The History of Linguistic Human Rights at Gallaudet University 587 Tawny Holmes Hlibok and Laurene E. Simms Part V Cross-cutting Issues in Linguistic Human Rights 595 45 The Role of Interpreting and Translation in Promoting Linguistic Human Rights 597 Gabriel González Núñez 46 Language Testing/Assessment and Linguistic Human Rights 605 Elana Shohamy 47 Promoting Linguistic Human Rights Through Language Documentation 613 M. Paul Lewis 48 Linguistic Human Rights, Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages, and the Rise of the Multilingual Internet 623 Gregory D.S. Anderson and Anna L. Daigneault 49 Disaster Linguicism as Deprivation of the Victims’ Linguistic Human Rights 639 Shinya Uekusa and Steve Matthewman 50 Linguistic Human Rights and the Imperative to Remember in the Philippines 649 Ruanni Tupas 51 Existential Evidence: A Compilation 657 Tove Skutnabb-Kangas and Robert Phillipson 52 Afterword: Pursuing Linguistic Human Rights 679 Robert Phillipson and Tove Skutnabb-Kangas Index 689
Tove Skutnabb-Kangas is Adjunct Professor Emerita at Åbo Akademi University, Finland. Her research focuses on linguistic human rights, linguistic genocide, mother-tongue-based multilingual education, the subtractive spread of English, revitalization of Indigenous languages, and the relationship between biodiversity and linguistic and cultural diversity. She is the (co-)author or editor of some 50 books and over 400 scientific articles (see her home page www.Tove-Skutnabb-Kanga.org). She was awarded the UNESCO Linguapax Prize in 2003. Robert Phillipson is Professor Emeritus at Copenhagen Business School, Denmark.His research focuses on the role of English worldwide, language policy, linguistic justice, language pedagogy, and multilingualism. Professor Phillipson co-edited the four-volume Language Rights with Tove Skutnabb-Kangas. His most influential books are Linguistic Imperialism, Linguistic Imperialism Continued, and English-only Europe? Challenging Language Policy. Hewas awarded the UNESCO Linguapax Prize in 2010. For details of books, book chapters, and many articles see www.cbs.dk/en/staff/rpmsc.
