Language Planning as Nation Building

Language Planning as Nation Building
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Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Total Pages : 324
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ISBN-10 : 9789027262769
ISBN-13 : 9027262764
Rating : 4/5 (69 Downloads)

Synopsis Language Planning as Nation Building by : Gijsbert Rutten

The decades around 1800 constitute the seminal period of European nationalism. The linguistic corollary of this was the rise of standard language ideology, from Finland to Spain, and from Iceland to the Habsburg Empire. Amidst these international events, the case of Dutch in the Netherlands offers a unique example. After the rise of the ideology from the 1750s onwards, the new discourse of one language–one nation was swiftly transformed into concrete top-down policies aimed at the dissemination of the newly devised standard language across the entire population of the newly established Dutch nation-state. Thus, the Dutch case offers an exciting perspective on the concomitant rise of cultural nationalism, national language planning and standard language ideology. This study offers a comprehensive yet detailed analysis of these phenomena by focussing on the ideology underpinning the new language policy, the institutionalisation of this ideology in metalinguistic discourse, the implementation of the policy in education, and the effects of the policy on actual language use.

Language Policy and Language Planning

Language Policy and Language Planning
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Publisher : Springer
Total Pages : 388
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ISBN-10 : 9781137576477
ISBN-13 : 1137576472
Rating : 4/5 (77 Downloads)

Synopsis Language Policy and Language Planning by : Sue Wright

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 Policy and Nation-Building in Post-Apartheid South Africa

Language Policy and Nation-Building in Post-Apartheid South Africa
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Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages : 207
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ISBN-10 : 9781402088919
ISBN-13 : 1402088914
Rating : 4/5 (19 Downloads)

Synopsis Language Policy and Nation-Building in Post-Apartheid South Africa by : Jon Orman

The preamble to the post-apartheid South African constitution states that ‘South Africa belongs to all who live in it, united in our diversity’ and promises to ‘lay the foundations for a democratic and open society in which government is based on the will of the people and every citizen is equally protected by law’ and to ‘improve the quality of life of all citizens’. This would seem to commit the South African government to, amongst other things, the implementation of policies aimed at fostering a common sense of South African national identity, at societal dev- opment and at reducing of levels of social inequality. However, in the period of more than a decade that has now elapsed since the end of apartheid, there has been widespread discontent with regard to the degree of progress made in connection with the realisation of these constitutional aspirations. The ‘limits to liberation’ in the post-apartheid era has been a theme of much recent research in the ?elds of sociology and political theory (e. g. Luckham, 1998; Robins, 2005a). Linguists have also paid considerable attention to the South African situation with the realisation that many of the factors that have prevented, and are continuing to prevent, effective progress towards the achievement of these constitutional goals are linguistic in their origin.

Community and Communication

Community and Communication
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Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Total Pages : 292
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ISBN-10 : 1853594849
ISBN-13 : 9781853594847
Rating : 4/5 (49 Downloads)

Synopsis Community and Communication by : Sue Wright

This book considers the issue of language in the European Union. Without a community of communication, the EU must remain a trading association run in an autocratic way by bilingual patrician technocrats; with a community of communication, the European Union could develop democratic structures and legitimacy and give meaning to its policies of free movement. How to achieve that community of communication is the biggest challenge facing Europe today.

Language Planning and Education

Language Planning and Education
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Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Total Pages : 248
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ISBN-10 : 9780748626588
ISBN-13 : 0748626581
Rating : 4/5 (88 Downloads)

Synopsis Language Planning and Education by : Gibson Ferguson

Language Planning is a resurgent academic discipline, reflecting the importance of language in issues of migration, globalisation, cultural diversity, nation-building, education and ethnic identity. Written as an advanced introduction, this book engages with all these themes but focuses specifically on language planning as it relates to education, addressing such issues as bilingualism and the education of linguistic minority pupils in North America and Europe, the educational and equity implications of the global spread of English, and the choice of media of instruction in post-colonial societies. Contextualising this discussion, the first two chapters describe the emergence and evolution of language planning as an academic discipline, and introduce key concepts in the practice of language planning. The book is wide-ranging in its coverage, with detailed discussion of the context of language policy in a variety of countries and communities across North America, Europe, Africa and Asia.

Language Policy Challenges in Multi-Ethnic Malaysia

Language Policy Challenges in Multi-Ethnic Malaysia
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Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages : 134
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ISBN-10 : 9789400779662
ISBN-13 : 9400779666
Rating : 4/5 (62 Downloads)

Synopsis Language Policy Challenges in Multi-Ethnic Malaysia by : Saran Kaur Gill

Set in Malaysia, this book encompasses language and cultural policy challenges that many other multi-ethnic nations currently have to address. The people of Malaysia constitute a diverse ethnic, linguistic and cultural population and one of the continuing challenges is the development and establishment of the Malaysian people’s ethnic, national and global cultural identities. This challenge is evident in the journey of language and cultural policy from the post-independence period to the 21st century; a period of over 50 years. The book highlights political, socio-cultural, economic and knowledge economy factors as they impact on decisions made by the government with regard to language policy in the various educational systems. It examines decisions made on the selection of the national language, the medium of instruction in educational systems, the varying changes in language policy for the field of science and technology and the maintenance and sustenance of minority languages.

Can Language be Planned?

Can Language be Planned?
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Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Total Pages : 373
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ISBN-10 : 9780824880705
ISBN-13 : 0824880706
Rating : 4/5 (05 Downloads)

Synopsis Can Language be Planned? by : Joan Rubin

This pioneer study goes well beyond the subject of linguistics to encompass economic, sociological, political, and educational approaches to language change. In the context of the development of national resources, the book focuses on language planning--the deliberate change and promotion of language structure and language use. It outlines a theoretical approach to the study of language planning and includes selected case studies which demonstrate the possibilities of broadening and improving national planning by taking linguistic and human resources into explicit account to enhance forecasting. The contributors to this volume include highly renowned experts in their respective academic fields as well as actual language planners. They were brought together on the instigation of a study group on language-planning processes sponsored by the East-West Center, University of Hawaii, with Ford Foundation support. Can Language Be Planned? is one result of their joint studies. An on-going cross-national research project on language-planning processes at Stanford University is another.

Language, Nation and Power

Language, Nation and Power
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Publisher : Springer
Total Pages : 242
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ISBN-10 : 9780230504226
ISBN-13 : 0230504221
Rating : 4/5 (26 Downloads)

Synopsis Language, Nation and Power by : R. Millar

Language, Nation and Power provides students with a discussion of the ways in which language has been (and is being) used to construct national (or ethnic) identity. It focuses on the processes by which a language can be planned and standardized and what the results of these processes are. Particular emphasis is given to the historical and social effects which nationalism has had on the development of language since the French Revolution. For students of linguistics, sociology and politics.

Language, Education and Nation-building

Language, Education and Nation-building
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Publisher : Springer
Total Pages : 279
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ISBN-10 : 9781137455536
ISBN-13 : 1137455535
Rating : 4/5 (36 Downloads)

Synopsis Language, Education and Nation-building by : P. Sercombe

This volume tracks the complex relationships between language, education and nation-building in Southeast Asia, focusing on how language policies have been used by states and governments as instruments of control, assimilation and empowerment. Leading scholars have contributed chapters each representing one of the countries in the region.

Language Planning and National Development

Language Planning and National Development
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Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Total Pages : 377
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ISBN-10 : 9783110853384
ISBN-13 : 3110853388
Rating : 4/5 (84 Downloads)

Synopsis Language Planning and National Development by : William Fierman

CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SOCIOLOGY OF LANGUAGE brings to students, researchers and practitioners in all of the social and language-related sciences carefully selected book-length publications dealing with sociolinguistic theory, methods, findings and applications. It approaches the study of language in society in its broadest sense, as a truly international and interdisciplinary field in which various approaches, theoretical and empirical, supplement and complement each other. The series invites the attention of linguists, language teachers of all interests, sociologists, political scientists, anthropologists, historians etc. to the development of the sociology of language.