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Language Activism: The Role Of Scholars In Linguistic Reform And Social Change Brings Forward State-of-the-art Theoretical Elaborations Of Language Activism And Presents Depictions And Discussions Of Personal In-field Research And Teaching Experiences Involving Some Form Of Social Engagement And Activism. The Authors Are Language Scholars With Broad And Diverse Research Experiences, Who Offer An Array Of Different Perspectives On Language Activism. Their Reflections Are Based On Work Carried Out In Different Subfields Of Linguistics (sociolinguistics, Applied Linguistics, Language Endangerment, Language Policy, And Philosophy Of Language), On A Range Of Topics And In Diverse Research Contexts, From The Arctic To The South Of Africa, And From The Middle East And Europe To Latin And North America-- Provided By Publisher.