el107 Flashcards
policy is relevant to any
group of people, despite size
small units to larger entities
language policy works in any speech community
policy operates despite
linguistic and non-
linguistic factors
language policy functions in a complex system
language structure, usage,
and varieties
linguistic factors
social, political, cultural, and
economic contexts
language structure, usage,
and varieties
factors affect one another to
create a dynamic environment
policies frequently do not
achieve their intended goals
non-linguistic factors
3 dimensions of language planning
STATUS PLANNING
CORPUS PLANNING
ACQUISITION PLANNING
Deliberate efforts to allocate
the functions of a language
or variety to functional
domains within a society.
Aims to change the status of a
language by either promoting
or demoting it.
language planning decisions
determines what language(s) are
to be used in various public
functions.
LANGUAGE PLANNING
Languages whose status changed:
Hebrew in Israel
French in Canada
Maori in New Zealand
Irish (Gaelic) in Ireland
Quecha in Peru
refers to the
prescriptive intervention in the forms of
a language, whereby planning decisions
are made to engineer changes in the
structure of the language.
INERNAL STRUCTURES OF LANGUAGE to standardize
grammar, spelling, pronunciation, and
vocabulary.
CORPUS PLANNING
three traditionally recognized
types of corpus planning:
graphization
standardizatio
modernization
GOALS OF ACQUISITION PLANNING
- Increase the number of speakers
- Promote languages
- Preserve endangered languages
EXPLORING DOMAIN
HOME DOMAIN
RELIGIOUS DOMAIN
LEGAL DOMAIN
FITNESS DOMAIN
SCHOOL DOMAIN
have their
own language policies, especially
influenced by an established
belief about the importance of
maintaining the original
language of the sacred texts.
Islam and Pre-Vatican II
Roman Catholicism resisted to
use of the vernacular; Judaism
allowed and Protestant
Christianity favored
translation (Spolsky 2003)
RELIGIOUS DOMAIN
Teaching and promoting languages.
ACQUISITION PLANNING
In prison domain, there has been
growing pressure to permit the
increasing numbers of immigrants
to recognize the manner of their
trials, adding a new participant.
LEGAL DOMAIN
there are
pragmatic reasons for professional
participants to be in a position to
talk with their patients.
FITNESS DOMAIN