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050 0 0 _aP119.32.U6
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100 1 _aFlowers, Katherine S.,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aMaking English official :
_bwriting and resisting local language policies /
_cKatherine S. Flowers, University of Massachusetts Lowell.
264 1 _aCambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2024.
300 _a1 online resource (xii, 212 pages) :
_bdigital, PDF file(s).
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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500 _aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Jan 2024).
505 0 _aThe origins of the English-only movement -- Creating English-only policies: ghostwriting, templates, and genre choices -- Emphasizing the local in language policy: from upscaling to downscaling -- Resisting and rewriting: how people undo English-only policies.
520 _aIn communities across the US, people wrestle with which languages to use, and who gets to decide. Despite more than 67 million US residents using a language other than English at home, over half of the states in the US have successfully passed English-only policies. Drawing on archives and interviews, this book tells the origin story of the English-only movement, as well as the stories of contemporary language policy campaigns in four Maryland county governments, giving a rare glimpse into what motivates the people who most directly shape language policy in the US. It demonstrates that English-only policies grow from more local levels, rather than from nationalist ideologies, where they are downplayed as harmless community initiatives, but result in monolingual approaches to language remaining increasingly pervasive. This title is part of the Flip it Open Programme and may also be available Open Access. Check our website Cambridge Core for details.
650 0 _aLanguage policy
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aEnglish-only movement
_zUnited States.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_z9781009278027
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/9781009278058
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