A Language Management Approach to Language Problems
A Language Management Approach to Language Problems

Author: Goro Christoph Kimura

Publisher:

Published: 2020-07-15

Total Pages: 275

ISBN-13: 9789027205476

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In 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 proposed to tackle this issue, Language Management Theory (LMT) provides a framework to address behaviour towards language problems on different levels explicitly and comprehensively. Using LMT as a unifying theoretical concept, this volume examines the links between micro and macro dimensions through the analysis of a variety of language problems. This body of work illustrates that the LMT framework is able to show the connection between these dimensions clearly, especially when combined with a conceptualization of the micro and macro dimensions as a continuum of intertwining elements. This volume will appeal to readers interested in individual management in discourse as well as those interested in language policy and planning.

Language Management
Language Management

Author: Bernard Spolsky

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2009-04-02

Total Pages: 323

ISBN-13: 0521516099

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This book was the first book to present a specific theory of language management.

The Language Management Approach
The Language Management Approach

Author: Lisa Fairbrother

Publisher: Prague Papers on Language, Society and Interaction / Prager Arbeiten zur Sprache, Gesellschaft und Interaktion

Published: 2018

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9783631650424

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The volume reflects the variety of methods used in the study of "behavior toward language", or language management. The methods will appeal to researchers interested in different types of introspective interview methodology and discourse analysis, and to those looking for ways of linking language policy to everyday social interactions.

Language Management and Its Impact
Language Management and Its Impact

Author: Linda Mingfang Li

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2018-10-17

Total Pages: 174

ISBN-13: 1351064045

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This book provides a comprehensive account of language management and planning at Confucius Institutes in the UK, implementing an ethnographic approach grounded in language management theory. As a global language promotion organization, Confucius Institutes have previously been discussed in the literature with respect to socio-political issues, but this volume will shed particular light on their role in shaping and informing Chinese language policy, at both the institutional and individual classroom level. The book focuses specifically on Confucius Institutes in the UK, demonstrating how language teaching practice in these organizations is informed and shaped not only by organizational paradigms but local language needs and institutional attitudes of host institutions. In turn, Li highlights these organizations’ unique position in a multilingual region such as the UK can offer new insights into language management by illustrating their roles as platforms for both individuals and institutions to become involved in the making and implementation of language policy. This volume will be of particular interest to students and researchers in language policy and planning, language education, applied linguistics, and Chinese linguistics.

A Language Management Approach to Language Problems
A Language Management Approach to Language Problems

Author: Goro Christoph Kimura

Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company

Published: 2020-05-20

Total Pages: 285

ISBN-13: 9027261261

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In 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.

International Management and Language
International Management and Language

Author: Susanne Tietze

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-01-11

Total Pages: 268

ISBN-13: 1134139756

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Globalization processes have resulted in the emergence of business and management networks in which the sharing of knowledge is of crucial importance. Combining two contemporary and important subject areas – namely that of international management and also language and communication in multi-language contexts – the author of this book presents a wealth of ideas, examples and applications taken from international and global contexts, which show that ‘language matters’ in the pursuit of international business affairs. The book establishes the theoretical core of its main ideas by introducing two orientations (social construction and linguistic relativity) and demonstrates how they can be drawn on to frame and understand the activities of managers. Highly innovative and topical, Susanne Tietze’s book will appeal to students of international management and international human resource management as well as those studying intercultural communication. It is also useful for managers and practitioners who work internationally.

Handbook of Home Language Maintenance and Development
Handbook of Home Language Maintenance and Development

Author: Andrea C. Schalley

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

Published: 2020-06-22

Total Pages: 534

ISBN-13: 150151007X

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Even a cursory look at conference programs and proceedings reveals a burgeoning interest in the field of social and affective factors in home language maintenance and development. To date, however, research on this topic has been published in piecemeal fashion, subsumed under the more general umbrella of ‘bilingualism’. Within bilingualism research, there has been an extensive exploration of linguistic and psycholinguistic perspectives on the one hand, and educational practices and outcomes on the other. In comparison, social and affective factors – which lead people to either maintain or shift the language – have been under-researched. This is the first volume that brings together the different strands in research on social and affective factors in home language maintenance and development, ranging from the micro-level (family language policies and practices), to the meso-level (community initiatives) and the macro-level (mainstream educational policies and their implementation). The volume showcases a wide distribution across contexts and populations explored. Contributors from around the world represent different research paradigms and perspectives, providing a rounded overview of the state-of-the-art in this flourishing field.

Planning Language, Planning Inequality
Planning Language, Planning Inequality

Author: James W. Tollefson

Publisher: Longman Publishing Group

Published: 1991

Total Pages: 252

ISBN-13:

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An examination of how an individual's native language can affect their lifestyle. Topics covered range from maintenance of the mother-tongue and second language learning, to the ideology of language planning theory, to education and language rights.

Language Policy and Planning
Language Policy and Planning

Author: Thomas Ricento

Publisher:

Published: 2016

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9780415727679

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Volume I. Theoretical and historical foundations -- volume II. Language policy and language rights -- volume III. Language policy in education -- volume IV. Critical concepts in linguistics

Language Management in Contact Situations
Language Management in Contact Situations

Author: Jiří Nekvapil

Publisher: Peter Lang

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 280

ISBN-13: 9783631582633

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The authors of this volume analyze language contact situations emerging in East and Central Europe, Australia, and Japan. The individual chapters focus on language problems which appear in concrete interactions between speakers of various languages. The objective of the book is to demonstrate the capacity of the language management framework on the basis of highly diversified empirical material and thus aid in the solving of similar language problems which arise in different types of intercultural contact. The chapters contribute to the forming of a new approach to the processes underlying linguistic diversity, covering both its micro and macro aspects.