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In:Handbook of Pragmatics: 21st Annual Installment
Edited by Jan-Ola Östman and Jef Verschueren
[Handbook of Pragmatics 21] 2018
► pp. 81–110

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Benedict Anderson’s imagined communities

 | University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
Published online: 6 December 2018
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https://doi.org/10.1075/hop.21.and1
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Benedict Anderson’s message
  • 3.Language and identity
  • 4.States need languages
  • 5.Old languages, new models
  • 6.Standard languages and non-standard speakers
  • 7.Bi- and multi-lingual nations
  • 8.Linguistic habitus and speaker strategies
  • 9.Conclusion – imagined communities, imagined languages
  • References
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