Dennis Ager is Emeritus Professor of Modern Languages at Aston University, UK. His interests lie in the interface between language and society. He is the author of Francophonie in the 1990s: Problems and Opportunities (Multilingual matters, 1996), Language Policy in Britain and France: The Processes of Policy (Cassells, 1996), Language, Community and the State (Intellect, 1997) and Identity, Insecurity and Image: France and Language (Multilingual matters, 1999).
Table and Figures
Introduction
1. Identity
2. Ideology
3. Image
4. Insecurity
5. Inequality
6. Integration and Instrumentality
7. Measuring Motivation in Language Planning and Language Policy
8. The Language Behaviour of Individuals and Communities
9. Language Policy: The Language Behaviour of those in Power
10. Conclusion
References
Index