Language Activism : : Imaginaries and Strategies of Minority Language Equality / / Haley De Korne.
While top-down policies and declarations have yet to establish equal status and opportunities for speakers of all languages in practice, activists and advocates at local levels are playing an increasingly significant role in the creation of new social imaginaries and practices in multilingual contex...
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