"Language ideologies" are cultural representations, whether explicit or implicit, of the intersection of language and human beings in a social world. Mediating

This book focuses on how sign language ideologies influence, manifest in, and are challenged by communicative practices. Sign languages are minority languages u

The contributors to Language Ideologies, Policies and Practices investigate the workings of language ideologies in relation to other social processes in a globa

An exploration of the relationship between language ideologies and media discourse, together with the methods and techniques required for the analysis of this r

Beliefs and feelings about language vary dramatically within and across Native American cultural groups and are an acknowledged part of the processes of languag