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Author: Charles Albert Ferguson
Publisher: New York : Wiley
Published: 1968
Total Pages: 554
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKIncludes S.A. Wurm - Papua - New Guinea nationhood; the problem of a national language, separately catalogued.
Author: Joan Rubin
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Published: 2019-03-31
Total Pages: 373
ISBN-13: 0824880706
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis 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.
Author: Goro Christoph Kimura
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
Published: 2020-05-20
Total Pages: 285
ISBN-13: 9027261261
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn recent years there has been increased interest in examining the treatment of language problems across different levels of society, ranging from individual interactional issues to language policy and planning at the national or supra-national level. Among the various approaches to tackle this issue, Language Management Theory (LMT) provides a framework to address behaviour towards language problems on differet levels explicitly and comprehensively. Using LMT as a unifying theoretical concept, the chapters in this volume examine the links between micro and macro dimensions in their analyses of a variety of language problems in Asian and European contexts. This body of work illustrates that the LMT framework is able to show the characteristics of different dimensions clearly, especially when combined with a conceptualization of the micro and macro as a continuum of intertwining elements. This volume will appeal both to those interested in language policy and planning as well as those interested in interaction between speakers from different language backgrounds.
Author: Nancy H. Hornberger
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Published: 2006-01-01
Total Pages: 274
ISBN-13: 185359900X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKJoshua Fishman is perhaps best known and loved for his pioneering and enduring work in language loyalty and reversing language shift. This volume brings together a selection of his writings on these topics and some of his personal perspectives on the field of sociolinguistics.
Author: Nancy H. Hornberger
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2012-12-06
Total Pages: 424
ISBN-13: 9401145350
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume seeks to enable language and education practitioners and researchers to get a sense of the range of issues being pursued in language and education research and the array of methods employed to do so. It focuses on language and education in relation to society, variation, culture, and interaction. Its unity of purpose and outlook with regard to the central role of language as both vehicle and mediator of educational processes and to the need for continued and deepening research into the limits and possibilities that implies is most impressive.
Author: Naz Rassool
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Published: 2007-01-01
Total Pages: 304
ISBN-13: 1853599514
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book examines the role that language-in-education policy, historically, has played in shaping possibilities for development, within countries in the Sub-Saharan and South Asian regions. This discussion takes account also of the complex ways in which language, education and development, are linked to the changing global labour market. Key questions are raised regarding the impact of international policy imperatives on development possibilities.
Author: Robert L. Cooper
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Published: 2019-06-04
Total Pages: 296
ISBN-13: 3110859017
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Author: Vennelakaṇṭi Prakāśaṃ
Publisher: Allied Publishers
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 520
ISBN-13: 9788184242799
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Lioba Moshi
Publisher: Adonis & Abbey Publishers Ltd
Published: 2009-10-23
Total Pages: 272
ISBN-13: 1912234076
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe study of African language pedagogy and use in the Diaspora was initiated in the 1960s as African countries attained independence from colonial powers. In the continent, the enthusiasm for the use of indigenous languages and scholarship has remained relatively moderate as scholars are conflicted in their loyalty to imperial languages. The attitude towards the use of African languages by African leaders has also hampered scholars' efforts to create and sustain the needed visibility for African languages around the world. Needless to say, the study of African languages is not only critical to the study of language theories but also important in changing Africa's overwhelming reliance on European languages to communicate with each other. The reliance has not only affected the politics of the continent but also its economic wellbeing. An analysis of the enormous developmental challenges facing the African continent will reveal that many of the economic, social, political and cultural challenges have major language components. It can actually be said that the challenges of development in Africa are either outright language challenges or are language- based. More significantly, at the social level in many parts of the continent, African languages are now perceived as inadequate means of communication. Language Pedagogy and Language Use in Africa discusses the importance of teaching and using of African languages in the African continent and beyond and provides illustrations of both their direct and indirect use a result of historical and contemporary contacts, language planning policies and pedagogical concerns. The book contributes to the on-going discussion on the pedagogy, promotion, and use of African languages both on the continent and in the Diaspora.
Author: Marlis Hellinger
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Published: 2008-09-25
Total Pages: 806
ISBN-13: 3110198533
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn line with the overall perspective of the Handbook series, the focus of Vol.9 is on language-related problems arising in the context of linguistic diversity and change, and the contributions Applied Linguistics can offer for solutions. Part I, “Language minorities and inequality,” presents situations of language contact and linguistic diversity as world-wide phenomena. The focus is on indigenous and immigrant linguistic minorities, their (lack of) access to linguistic rights through language policies and the impact on their linguistic future .Part II “Language planning and language change,” focuses on the impact of colonialism, imperialism, globalisation and economics as factors that language policies and planning measures must account for in responding to problems deriving from language contact and linguistic diversity. Part III, “Language variation and change in institutional contexts,” examines language-related problems in selected institutional areas of communication (education, the law, religion, science, the Internet) which will often derive from socioeconomic, cultural and other non-linguistic asymmetries. Part IV, “The discourse of linguistic diversity and language change,” analyses linguistic diversity, language change and language reform as issues of public debates which are informed by different ideological positions, values and attitudes (e.g. with reference to sexism, racism, and political correctness).The volume also contains extensive reference sections and index material.
