Language Planning and Policy in Europe

Language Planning and Policy in Europe
Author: Robert B. Kaplan
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Total Pages: 360
Release: 2005
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1847690289

This volume covers the language situation in the Baltic States, Ireland and Italy explaining the linguistic diversity, the historical and political contexts and the current language situation - including language-in-education planning, the role of the media, the role of religion, and the roles of non-indigenous languages.

Language Policy and Language Planning

Language Policy and Language Planning
Author: Sue Wright
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 388
Release: 2016-04-08
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1137576472

This revised second edition is a comprehensive overview of why we speak the languages that we do. It covers language learning imposed by political and economic agendas as well as language choices entered into willingly for reasons of social mobility, economic advantage and group identity.

Language Planning and Policy in Africa

Language Planning and Policy in Africa
Author: Richard B. Baldauf
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Total Pages: 315
Release: 2007-01-01
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1847690114

A longer-range purpose is to collect comparable information on as many polities as possible in order to facilitate the development of a richer theory to guide language policy and planning in other polities that undertake the development of a national policy on languages. This volume is part of an areal series which is committed to providing descriptions of language planning and policy in countries around the world."--BOOK JACKET.

Language Planning in Europe

Language Planning in Europe
Author: Robert Kaplan
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 255
Release: 2016-04-22
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1134916744

This volume focuses on language planning in Cyprus, Iceland and Luxembourg, explaining the linguistic diversity, historical and political contexts and current language situation (including language-in-education planning), the role of the media, the role of religion and the roles of non-indigenous languages. The authors are indigenous to the situations described, and draw on their experience and extensive fieldwork there. The three extended case studies contained in this volume draw together the literature on each of the polities to present an overview of the existing research available, while also providing new research-based information. The purpose of this volume is to provide an up-to-date overview of the language situation in each polity based on a series of key questions, in the hope that this might facilitate the development of a richer theory to guide language policy and planning in other polities where similar issues may arise. This book comprises case studies originally published in the journal Current Issues in Language Planning.

Language Planning and Policy

Language Planning and Policy
Author: Anthony Liddicoat
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Total Pages: 298
Release: 2008
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1847690637

Language problems potentially exist at all levels of human activity, including he local contaxts of communities & institutions. This volume explores the ways in which language planning works as a local activity in a wide variety of contexts around the world & deals with a wide range of language planning issues.

Language Planning and Policy in the Pacific

Language Planning and Policy in the Pacific
Author: Richard B. Baldauf
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Total Pages: 248
Release: 2006
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1853599212

This volume covers the language situation in Fiji, The Philippines and Vanuatu explaining the linguistic diversity, the historical and political contexts and the current language situation including language-in-education planning, the role of the media, the role of religion, and the roles of non-indigenous languages. The authors are indigenous and/or have been participants in the language planning context.

Language Planning in Africa

Language Planning in Africa
Author: Nkonko Kamwangamalu
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 246
Release: 2016-04-08
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1134916884

This volume focuses on language planning in the Cameroon, Sudan and Zimbabwe, explaining the linguistic diversity, historical and political contexts, current language situation (including language-in-education planning), the role of the media, the role of religion and the roles of non-indigenous languages. The authors are indigenous to the situations described, and draw on their experience and extensive fieldwork there. The extended case studies contained in this volume draw together the literature on each of the polities to present an overview of the existing research available, while also providing new research-based information. The purpose of this volume is to provide an up-to-date overview of the language situation in each polity based on a series of key questions, in the hope that this might facilitate the development of a richer theory to guide language policy and planning in other polities where similar issues may arise. This book comprises case studies originally published in the journal Current Issues in Language Planning.

Language Planning and Policy in Asia: Japan, Nepal, Taiwan and Chinese characters

Language Planning and Policy in Asia: Japan, Nepal, Taiwan and Chinese characters
Author: Robert B. Kaplan
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Total Pages: 308
Release: 2008
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1847690955

This volume covers the language situation in Japan, Nepal and Taiwan, as well as the modernisation of Chinese Characters in China, explaining the linguistic diversity, the historical and political contexts and the current language situation -- including language-in-education planning, the role of the media, the role of religion, and the roles of non-indigenous languages. Two of the authors are indigenous and the other two have been participants in the language planning context.

Language Contact. Volume 1

Language Contact. Volume 1
Author: Jeroen Darquennes
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages: 868
Release: 2019-08-19
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 3110435357

Language Contact. An International Handbook offers a comprehensive overview of current topics in research on language contact. Broadly conceived, it stands out for its international approach to language contact, complementing the theoretical state-of-the-art with examples from traditionally eclipsed areas and languages. Next to a thorough introductory overview of the ground-breaking methodological and theoretical approaches that shaped the discipline, ample attention goes to the new and innovative insights on language contact in the 21st century. Combining concise introductory contributions with in-depth treatment of the most relevant case studies in the field, the handbook speaks to both junior and established scholars.