Language Politics in Tunisia - A Study of Language Ideological Debates

This book offers both a nuanced picture of language ideologies and language policies in post-Arab Spring Tunisia and a detailed critical and interdisciplinary model of Language Policy and Planning. The authors describe how multiple language ideologies interact and play out as language policy against a background of political turmoil.

About the author

Fethi Helal is Head of the Department of English, University of Manouba, Tunisia. His research interests include language policy and planning and critical discourse analysis.

Summary

This book offers both a nuanced picture of language ideologies and language policies in post-Arab Spring Tunisia and a detailed critical and interdisciplinary model of Language Policy and Planning.  The authors describe how multiple language ideologies interact and play out as language policy against a background of political turmoil.

Product details

• Authors: Fethi Helal, Joseph Lo Bianco, Lo Bianco Joseph
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.02.2025
• EAN: 9781800410879
• ISBN: 978-1-80041-087-9
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 22 mm
• Weight: 720 g
• Series: Multilingual Matters
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, Sociolinguistics, Revolutions, uprisings, rebellions, Tunisia, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics, Semantics, discourse analysis, etc, HISTORY / Revolutions, Uprisings & Rebellions