Language of the Land

The idea for this volume arose out of a need for a treatment of the interplay between language andethnonationalism within both formal and nonformal educational settings. In no way intended to beexhaustive in scope the contents give the reader a critical overview of issues related to language culturalidentity formation and ethnonationalism. The chapters within this work deal with the effects ofdifferent language groups with differing amounts of power within society coming into contact withone another and provide insight into how language is both utilized by and affected by processes suchas colonialism post-colonialism acculturation and ethnonationalism. Language is central to culture-indeed houses cultural understandings and allows generational transfer of key aspects of agroup's heritage.