Drawing on both original texts and critical literature, <i>Linguistics in a Colonial World </i>surveys the methods, meanings, and uses of early linguistic projects around the world.<br><ul><br><li>Explores how early endeavours in linguistics were used to aid in overcoming practical and ideological difficulties of colonial rule <br><li>Traces the uses and effects of colonial linguistic projects in the shaping of identities and communities that were under, or in opposition to, imperial regimes <br><li>Examines enduring influences of colonial linguistics in contemporary thinking about language and cultural difference <br><li>Brings new insight into post-colonial controversies including endangered languages and language rights in the globalized twenty-first century</li></ul>