Uniformity And Diversity In Language Policy

Author : Catrin Norrby
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
ISBN 13 : 1847694454
Total Pages : 293 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Uniformity and Diversity in Language Policy written by Catrin Norrby and published by Multilingual Matters. This book was released on 2011 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book brings together current research by leading international scholars on the often contentious nature of language policies and their practical outcomes in North America, Australia and Europe. It presents a range of perspectives from which to engage with a variety of pressing issues raised by multilingualism, multiculturalism, immigration, exclusion, and identity.

Author : Catrin Norrby
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
ISBN 13 : 1847694489
Total Pages : 293 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Uniformity and Diversity in Language Policy written by Catrin Norrby and published by Multilingual Matters. This book was released on 2011-10-17 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book brings together current research by leading international scholars on the often contentious nature of language policies and their practical outcomes in North America, Australia and Europe. It presents a range of perspectives from which to engage with a variety of pressing issues raised by multilingualism, multiculturalism, immigration, exclusion, and identity. A recurrent theme is that of tension and conflict: between uniformity and diversity, between official policies and real day-to-day life experiences, but also between policies in schools and the corporate world and their implementation. Several chapters present research about language policy issues that has previously not been fully or easily available to an English-language audience. Many of the chapters also provide up-to-date analyses of language policy issues in particular regions or countries, focusing on recent developments.

Author : Elana Goldberg Shohamy
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780415328654
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Language Policy written by Elana Goldberg Shohamy and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A critical look at language policies, how they are implemented and the hidden agendas which often lie behind them, drawing on examples from the US and UK and showing what the consequences are for the people involved.

Author : Elana Shohamy
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 113433351X
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Language Policy written by Elana Shohamy and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-05-02 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Policies concerning language use are increasingly tested in an age of frequent migration and cultural synthesis. With conflicting factors and changing political climates influencing the policy-makers, Elana Shohamy considers the effects that these policies have on the real people involved. Using examples from the US and UK, she shows how language policies are promoted and imposed, overtly and covertly, across different countries and in different contexts. Concluding with arguments for a more democratic and open approach to language policy and planning, the final note is one of optimism, suggesting strategies for resistance to language attrition and ways to protect the linguistic rights of groups and individuals.

Author : John Macalister
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1317214293
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Family Language Policies in a Multilingual World written by John Macalister and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2016-12-19 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through case studies from around the world, this book illustrates the opportunities and challenges facing families negotiating the issues of language maintenance and language learning in the home. Every family living in a bi/multilingual environment faces the question of what language(s) to speak with their children and must make a decision, consciously or otherwise, about these issues. Exploring links between language policy in the home and wider society in a range of diverse settings, the contributors utilize various research tools, including interviews, questionnaires, observations, and archival document analysis, to explore linguistic ideologies and practices of family members in the home, illuminating how these are shaped by macro-level societal processes.

Author : Bingjun Yang
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1315436922
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Language Policy written by Bingjun Yang and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2016-11-18 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Appendix 2 Non-standard language in Lu Xun's works: Zi and Ci -- Appendix 3 Old words gaining new meanings in cyber space -- Appendix 4 Old words restructuring semantic relations -- References -- Index

Author : Maarja Siiner
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319529935
Total Pages : 245 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Language Policy Beyond the State written by Maarja Siiner and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-05-04 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Language Policy beyond the State invites readers to (re-)consider the ways language policy is constituted, taken up, and researched if we look within and past the state. Contributors to this edited volume draw attention to language policy as always in the making, focusing on agency, on-the-ground practices, and ideologies. The chapters of the book reveal how simultaneous, and at times contradicting, language policies exist within a state and explore the complex roles played by families, businesses, educational institutions, and media in generating and appropriating these policies. By moving away from language policy analysis concerned primarily with how official state policies address well-defined language problems, some of the contributions of the volume highlight how the problems themselves can be ideological artifacts or are discursively constructed in language ideological debates that are provoked by changes in the geopolitical situation in the region. Using qualitative and descriptive research, the book uses Estonia as a setting to examine the ways historic and contemporary populations navigate language policies in both local and transnational spaces. As a whole, the collection speaks eloquently and powerfully to current efforts to understand and map the ways multiple institutions and individuals—not just the state—play an active role in forming and taking up language policies.

Author : Thomas Ricento
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199363404
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Language Policy and Political Economy written by Thomas Ricento and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2015-01-02 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume articulates a new framework for language policy research that explores the connections between language policy and political economy. The chapters are united in their focus on English, a language that has enjoyed a reputation as a "global language" over the course of the last century and that is perceived as a tool for socioeconomic mobility. The book argues that adopting a new, political economic approach to language policy research will enhance our ability to provide more consistent explanations about the status, functions, benefits, and limitations of English in its various roles in non-English dominant countries. The book poses the questions: Does English serve as a "lingua franca" and does it advance the interests of sustainable economic and social development in low-income countries? Written by leading experts in language policy research, the chapters reveal the myriad and complex ways in which government leaders, policymakers, and communities make decisions about the languages that will be taught as subjects or used as media of instruction in schools. English is often advertised as a social "good" with unquestioned instrumental value, yet access to quality English-medium education in low-income countries tends to be restricted to those with sufficient economic means to pay for it. As the capitalist world economy continues to change and grow, and assuming that translation technologies continue to improve, it is likely that the roles and relative importance of English as a global language will change significantly. Assessing the costs and benefits of acquiring English therefore takes on increased urgency. The book argues that a political economic approach is particularly appropriate in this endeavor, as it takes into account theories and empirical findings from a range of disciplines in order to assess and explain real-world phenomena that do not fit neatly into boxes labeled "economic," "social," "political" or "cultural." Together, the chapters in this volume argue for a new direction in language policy studies-grounded in political economy -- that will explain why English has been experienced as both a blessing and curse in different parts of the world, why English continues to be useful as a lingua franca for particular sectors of the global economy, and why it is a detriment to economic development in many low-income countries. The book will be invaluable to language policy scholars, policy-makers, and educators, significantly advancing research in this important field.

Author : Mia Halonen
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
ISBN 13 : 178309270X
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Language Policies in Finland and Sweden written by Mia Halonen and published by Multilingual Matters. This book was released on 2015 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this volume, authors from four disciplines join forces to develop an analysis of political discourse on a comparative and multidisciplinary basis. Theoretically the book draws on the concept of language policy, operationalising it through the politics and policies of Finland and Sweden.

Author : Michelle A. Harrison
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319959395
Total Pages : 361 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book French Language Policies and the Revitalisation of Regional Languages in the 21st Century written by Michelle A. Harrison and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-11-11 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited volume presents an analysis of the evolution of French language policies and their impact on French regional languages and their communities. It gathers studies on language revitalisation from several territorial minority languages (Breton, Alsatian, Catalan, Occitan, Basque, Corsican, Francoprovençal, Picard, Reunionese) and evaluates the challenges and opportunities that they face in the 21st century. The chapters tackle different aspects of language endangerment and language planning and adopt varied theoretical and methodological approaches. The first section of the book reconsiders the difficulties in establishing linguistic boundaries and classification for some regional languages. The second section examines the important theme of the new generation of speakers with issues of transmission and identity formation and the changes they can bring to traditional communities. The third section highlights new developments in the context of new technologies and the heightened visibility of regional languages. Finally, the last section presents an overview of the contemporary situation of minority language revitalisation in France and synthesises the key trends identified in this volume: from the educational domain to the European Charter for Minority and Regional languages. This book will appeal to students and scholars of the sociology of language, sociolinguistics, language policy, minority languages and language endangerment.