The Struggle for a Multilingual Future
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The Struggle for a Multilingual Future

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Explore the complex intersection of language, ethnicity, and education in Sri Lanka with Christina Davis’s “The Struggle for a Multilingual Future.” This insightful book delves into the experiences of Sri Lankan minority youth navigating a society grappling with a history of linguistic conflict. Davis examines the effectiveness of recent trilingual education policies (Sinhala, Tamil, English) designed to foster interethnic integration, especially in the shadow of the civil war. Through compelling ethnographic and linguistic research, she reveals how on-the-ground practices often inadvertently reinforce ethnic divisions. Discover how language policies can fall short of resolving conflict without addressing its everyday reproduction. This essential read for students and scholars of anthropology, linguistics, and South Asian studies offers a nuanced understanding of persistent power inequalities.

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  • ISBN-10: 0190947470
  • ISBN-13: 978-0190947477
  • Publisher: OUP USA
  • Publication date: 27 February 2020
  • Part of series: Oxf Studies in Anthropology of Language
  • Language: English
  • Dimensions: 23.11 x 1.52 x 15.49 cm
  • Print length: 216 pages

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