Fred E. Anderson

List of John Benjamins publications in which Fred E. Anderson is involved.

Title

Education in Languages of Lesser Power: Asia-Pacific Perspectives

Edited by Craig Alan Volker and Fred E. Anderson

The cultural diversity of the Asia-Pacific region is reflected in a multitude of linguistic ecologies of languages of lesser power, i.e., of indigenous and immigrant languages whose speakers lack collective linguistic power, especially in education. This volume looks at a representative sampling of… read more

[IMPACT: Studies in Language, Culture and Society, 35] 2015. xv, 300 pp.

Article

Anderson, Fred E. 2015 Education, power and sociolinguistic mobility Education in Languages of Lesser Power: Asia-Pacific Perspectives, Volker, Craig Alan and Fred E. Anderson (eds.), pp. 13–29 | Article

This chapter provides an overview of themes that emerge from the case studies in the volume, and places them within a broader theory of language and globalization. Lesser power refers to the sociopolitical status of languages, and does not as suggest lesser linguistic or cultural value. Four major… read more