Linguistics in a Colonial World: A Story of Language,... - Errington, Joseph

Linguistics in a Colonial World\nby Joseph Errington\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Joseph Errington\nTitle: Linguistics in a Colonial World\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Anthropology\nPublisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd\nPublication year: 2007\nISBN-13: 9781405105705\nISBN-10: 1405105704\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\n\nDrawing on both original texts and critical literature, Linguistics in a Colonial World surveys the methods, meanings, and uses of early linguistic projects around the world.\n--Explores how early endeavours in linguistics were used to aid in overcoming practical and ideological difficulties of colonial rule \n--Traces the uses and effects of colonial linguistic projects in the shaping of identities and communities that were under, or in opposition t.