Linguists, sociolinguists, and scholars of particular languages compare and contrast language policies and their practical outcomes in Australia, Europe, and North America. They also explore the increasingly dominant role of English in many speech communities, and how English as a global force interacts with national, transnational, or local interests in a variety of contexts. The themes are language policy at the official level, language policy in practice: indigenous and migrant languages in education, and language policy in real and virtual worlds. Distributed in the US by UTP Distribution. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)