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Språkpolitikens väsen och vanskligheter

Teleman, Ulf LU (2002) Språkpolitik p.231-244
Abstract
Rational politics requires the ability to predict the future and to evaluate the possible effects of political decisions. The article evaluates various attempts to establish functional arguments for maximal linguistic differentiation and demonstrates the difficulties with such arguments. If there are no objective arguments, we have to rely on feelings, which leaves us with a politics based on power or terror instead of discussion. Should for instance the emotionally based egoism of a generation decide the linguistic future of its greatgrandchildren?
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published
subject
keywords
rational arguments., language death, evaluative arguments, Language politics
host publication
Språkpolitik. Rapport från ASLA:s höstsymposium Göteborg 2000
editor
Boyd, Sally
pages
231 - 244
publisher
ASLA, Association suédoise de linguistique appliquée
conference name
Språkpolitik
conference dates
2000-11-09 - 2000-11-10
ISSN
1100-5629
language
Swedish
LU publication?
yes
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4e843af0-407a-4446-bb79-5b4e7f8d95a5 (old id 605920)
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2016-04-01 16:27:55
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  author       = {{Teleman, Ulf}},
  booktitle    = {{Språkpolitik. Rapport från ASLA:s höstsymposium Göteborg 2000}},
  editor       = {{Boyd, Sally}},
  issn         = {{1100-5629}},
  keywords     = {{rational arguments.; language death; evaluative arguments; Language politics}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  pages        = {{231--244}},
  publisher    = {{ASLA, Association suédoise de linguistique appliquée}},
  title        = {{Språkpolitikens väsen och vanskligheter}},
  year         = {{2002}},
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