Language: A Right and a Resource: Approaching Linguistic Human Rights

Author: Miklos Kontra, Robert Phillipson, Tove Skutnabb-Kangas, Tibor Varady
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ISBN: 9639116637
Publisher: Central European University Press (December, 1999)
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Linguistic Rights are essential rights of humankind!
What is Linguistic Human Rights? Who is murder of linguistic genocide? The authors in this volume are giving you the answers that are worth thinking deeply from the viewpoints of linguistics, sociology and law. The core of these articles is the relationship and interactions of linguistic diversity, biodiversity, economic forces and human rights. Why is it important to protect the ecosystem of languages in our world? Skutnabb-Kangas write in her paper "Linguistic and cultural diversity are as necessary for the existence of our planet as biodiversity". This book is useful to anyone, who interested in Human Rights, Language and Culture, and Human Diversity.

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