Uniformity and Diversity in Language Policy: Global Perspectives

Published by Multilingual Matters 2011

Uniformity and Diversity in Language Policy

Global Perspectives

Edited by: Catrin Norrby and John Hajek

In the series Multilingual Matters

https://doi.org/10.21832/9781847694478

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About this book

This book brings together research by 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 issues raised by multilingualism, multiculturalism, immigration, exclusion, and identity.

Author / Editor information

Norrby Catrin :

Catrin Norrby is Professor of Scandinavian Languages at Stockholm University, Sweden, and Principal Fellow in the School of Languages and Linguistics at The University of Melbourne. She has published several monographs, edited books, textbooks and articles in the areas of sociolinguistics, discourse analysis and second language acquisition. She is co-author of Language and Human Relations: Styles of Address in Contemporary Language (2009).

Hajek John :

John Hajek is Professor of Italian and Director of the Research Unit for Multilingualism and Cross-cultural Communication (RUMACCC) in the School of Languages and Linguistics at The University of Melbourne. He is also founding president of the Languages and Cultures Network for Australian Universities (LCNAU).

Catrin Norrby is Professor of Scandinavian Languages at Stockholm University, Sweden, and Principal Fellow in the School of Languages and Linguistics at The University of Melbourne. She has published several monographs, edited books, textbooks and articles in the areas of sociolinguistics, discourse analysis and second language acquisition. She is co-author of Language and Human Relations: Styles of Address in Contemporary Language (2009).

John Hajek is Professor of Italian and Director of the Research Unit for Multilingualism and Cross-cultural Communication (RUMACCC) in the School of Languages and Linguistics at The University of Melbourne. He is also founding president of the Languages and Cultures Network for Australian Universities (LCNAU).

Reviews

The quality of the studies in this volume testifies to the fact the authors are experts with deep insight into the issues and locations they describe. Although the chapters are very diverse in geography and focus, they concern a number of topics of general interest, such as citizenship, nation building, the situation of indigenous populations, minority language education, economic interests in language policy, efforts to change communicative norms, etc.…The book under review is a useful contribution to our understanding of the historical development and present contexts of language policy creation and implementation at various levels, from supranational to local, in the Western world. Readers will very likely find in it something which will complement their knowledge of the locations or aspects of language policy they are interested in. Thanks to the book's relatively wide geographical coverage and its attention to the outcomes of language policies cast against historical and present-day backgrounds, persons working in language policy can find here inspiration for their work on language issues in their own countries.

This book is an important instalment in language planning literature serving to expand the domains and kinds of language policy described, the modes in which it operates, the players involved and the purposes they pursue. Language policy invariably involves politics and tension, a focus which unifies the diverse chapters of this volume allowing comparison, contrast and reflection across sites, settings and histories.

Uniformity and Diversity in Language Policy is a welcome addition to the study of language policy and planning with a balanced mixture of contributions that consolidate, elaborate and innovate research on well-known as well as recently emerging language problems and linguistic practices.

Tariq Rahman, Beaconhouse National University, Pakistan:

The book is a valuable addition to the literature on language policy both at the macro and the micro levels. It serves to bring to one’s notice that linguistic rights are increasingly being acknowledged both in the recognition of weaker languages by the state and of using them in schooling and other domains. It also shows an increasing democratization in culture through the promotion of language norms associated with solidarity and non-hierarchical behavior than was the case before.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Contributors Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
General Introduction Publicly Available Download PDF	xiii
Part 1. Language Policy at the Official Level
Introduction to Part 1 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
Chapter 1. Language Policy and Citizenship in Quebec: French as a Force for Unity in a Diverse Society? Jane Warren and Leigh Oakes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	7
Chapter 2. Do National Languages Need Support and Protection in Legislation? The Case of Swedish as the ‘Principal Language’ of Sweden Sally Boyd Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	22
Chapter 3. Language Policy and Smaller National Languages: The Baltic States in the New Millennium Uldis Ozolins Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	37
Chapter 4. Language Policy in Australia: What Goes Up Must Come Down? Paulin G. Djite Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	53
Chapter 5. Regional Languages, the European Charter and Republican Values in France Today Leigh Oakes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	68
Part 2: Language Policy in Practice: Indigenous and Migrant Languages in Education
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Chapter 6: Breton Language Maintenance and Regeneration in Regional Education Policy Tadhg Ó hIfernáin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	93
Chapter 7. Language Policy in Spain: The Coexistence of Small and Big Languages David Lasagabaster Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	109
Chapter 8. Language Policy and Language Contact in New Mexico: The Case of Spanish Catherine E. Travis and Daniel J. Villa Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	126
Chapter 9. Indigenous Languages, Bilingual Education and English in Australia Gillian Wigglesworth and David Lasagabaster Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	141
Chapter 10. Bringing Asia to the Home Front: The Australian Experience of Asian Language Education through National Policy Yvette Slaughter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	157
Part 3: Language Policy in Real and Virtual Worlds
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Chapter 11. Testing Identity: Language Tests and Australian Citizenship Kerry Ryan and Tim Mcnamara Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	180
Chapter 12. Language as Political Emblem in the New Culture War in Northern Ireland Diarmait Mac Giolla Chriost Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	195
Chapter 13. Language Policy and Reality in South Tyrol Claudia Maria Riehl and John Hajek Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	210
Chapter 14. Addressing Policy on the Web: Netiquettes and Emerging Policies of Language Use in German Internet Forums Heinz L. Kretzenbacher Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	226
Chapter 15. Language Policy in Practice: What Happens When Swedish IKEA and H&M Take ‘You’ On? Catrin Norrby and John Hajek Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	242
Chapter 16. Regulating Language in the Global Service Industry Deborah Cameron Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	258

Language: English
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Pages
- Main content: 304

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Published: October 17, 2011
ISBN: 9781847694478