Reconceptualising Power In Language Policy

Author : Abhimanyu Sharma
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
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Release : 2022
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 303109462X

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This book aims to expand the theoretical framework of and counter the Eurocentric narratives in language policy research, by comparing policies of EU and India and demonstrating the importance of taking a comparative perspective while studying language policies. This book challenges the notion of macro-level power in language policy research and offers evidence that, in democratic frameworks, macro-level power is not absolute. It is not uniform across policy domains, but rather susceptible to pressure, especially in the domains of healthcare and social welfare. This book makes three important contributions to the theory of language policy by: Arguing for the need to reconceptualise macro-level power Proposing 'Categories of Differentiation' as a new analytical tool for policy research Demonstrating that socio-political changes are reflected at the textual level This book is of interest to researchers working on language policies and those investigating language related legislation across different policy domains, to practitioners and policymakers in language policy, as well as to graduate students conducting comparative policy research. "This is a much valued and timely book making a strong case for the subject of language policy across Europe and India. The large comparative case studies of four distinctive states across Europe and India in a simple descriptive mode makes the reading of this book enjoyable. The domains of administration, legislation, healthcare and social welfare are undoubtedly novel ways to deal within the concept of language policy in a wider sense. The author uses discourse analysis to bring out the relationship between intention, explanation and interpretation of a phenomenon like language policy and its implementation. The social diversity as expressed in linguistic mapping is well captured in the novel idea of "categories of differentiation" both as a normative methodological tool and its historical-empirical manifestation." - Asha Sarangi, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.

Author : Abhimanyu Sharma
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2022-08-12
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783031094613

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This book aims to expand the theoretical framework of and counter the Eurocentric narratives in language policy research, by comparing policies of EU and India and demonstrating the importance of taking a comparative perspective while studying language policies. This book challenges the notion of macro-level power in language policy research and offers evidence that, in democratic frameworks, macro-level power is not absolute. It is not uniform across policy domains, but rather susceptible to pressure, especially in the domains of healthcare and social welfare. This book makes three important contributions to the theory of language policy by: Arguing for the need to reconceptualise macro-level power Proposing ‘Categories of Differentiation’ as a new analytical tool for policy research Demonstrating that socio-political changes are reflected at the textual level This book is of interest to researchers working on language policies and those investigating language related legislation across different policy domains, to practitioners and policymakers in language policy, as well as to graduate students conducting comparative policy research. “This is a much valued and timely book making a strong case for the subject of language policy across Europe and India. The large comparative case studies of four distinctive states across Europe and India in a simple descriptive mode makes the reading of this book enjoyable. The domains of administration, legislation, healthcare and social welfare are undoubtedly novel ways to deal within the concept of language policy in a wider sense. The author uses discourse analysis to bring out the relationship between intention, explanation and interpretation of a phenomenon like language policy and its implementation. The social diversity as expressed in linguistic mapping is well captured in the novel idea of “categories of differentiation” both as a normative methodological tool and its historical-empirical manifestation.” — Asha Sarangi, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.

Author : Florence Bonacina-Pugh
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783031557835

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Language Policy as Practice by Florence Bonacina-Pugh Pdf

Author : Elisabeth Barakos,Johann W. Unger
Publisher : Springer
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2016-11-02
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781137531346

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Discursive Approaches to Language Policy by Elisabeth Barakos,Johann W. Unger Pdf

This book brings together the fields of language policy and discourse studies from a multidisciplinary theoretical, methodological and empirical perspective. The chapters in this volume are written by international scholars active in the field of language policy and planning and discourse studies. The diverse research contexts range from education in Paraguay and Luxembourg via businesses in Wales to regional English language policies in Tajikistan. Readers are thereby invited to think critically about the mutual relationship between language policy and discourse in a range of social, political, economic and cultural spheres. Using approaches that draw on discourse-analytic, anthropological, ethnographic and critical sociolinguistic frameworks, the contributors in this collection explore and refine the ‘discursive’ and the ‘critical’ aspects of language policy as a multilayered, fluid, ideological, discursive and social process that can operate as a tool of social change as well as reinforcing established power structures and inequalities.

Author : Jeremie Bouchard,Gregory Paul Glasgow
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2018-12-18
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780429849916

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Agency in Language Policy and Planning: by Jeremie Bouchard,Gregory Paul Glasgow Pdf

This collection brings together theory and ethnographic research from a range of national contexts to offer unique insights into the nature of agency in language policy and planning. Situated within a broader sociological framework, the book explores agentive processes at work in case studies from around the world, engaging in discussions of such key themes as language and identity, language ideologies, linguistic diversity in education, and language revitalization. Each chapter examines the ways in which decisions made at both the local and national level impact language use and in turn, the dynamic relationship between language use, policy, and practice in these contexts. Taken together, this volume advances our understanding of agency in language policy and planning and directions for future research, making this key reading for students and scholars in language and education, critical sociolinguistics, and applied linguistics.

Author : Máiréad Nic Craith
Publisher : Springer
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2007-10-23
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780230592841

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Language, Power and Identity Politics by Máiréad Nic Craith Pdf

Dominance, identity and resistance are key themes in this examination of language in global, virtual and local settings. It focuses on world languages, linguistic rights and minority protection. Case studies explore the social strategies employed by migrants speaking non-indigenous tongues and the effect of religion in sensitive political contexts.

Author : Huw Lewis,Wilson McLeod
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2021-09-28
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783030801892

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Language Revitalisation and Social Transformation by Huw Lewis,Wilson McLeod Pdf

This book brings together an interdisciplinary group of academic researchers in order to examine how and to what extent the challenge of language revitalisation should be reassessed and reconceptualised to take account of our fast-changing social context. The period of four decades between 1980 and 2020 that straddled the end of the twentieth century and the beginning of the twenty-first is widely regarded as one that witnessed a series of fundamental social, economic and political transformations. Many societies have become increasingly individualistic, mobile and diverse in terms of ethnicity and identity; their economies have become increasingly interconnected; and their governance structures have become increasingly complex, incorporating a growing number of different levels and actors. In addition, rapid advancements with regard to automated, digital and communication technology have had a far-reaching impact on how people interact with each other and participate in society. The chapters in this book aim to advance an agenda of key questions that should concern those working in the field of language revitalisation over the coming years, and the volume will be of interest to students, scholars and policy-makers in related areas including sociolinguistics, education, sociology, geography, political science, law, economics, Celtic studies, and communication technology.

Author : Ruth Wodak
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1989-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027224132

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Language, Power and Ideology by Ruth Wodak Pdf

The topic of Language and Ideology has increasingly gained importance in the linguistic sciences. The general aim of critical linguistics is the exploration of the mechanisms of power which establish inequality, through the systematic analysis of political discourse (written or oral). This reader contains papers on a variety of topics, all related to each other through explicit discussions on the notion of ideology from an interdisciplinary approach with illustrative analyses of texts from the media, newspapers, schoolbooks, pamphlets, talkshows, speeches concerning language policy in Nazi-Germany, in Italofascism, and also policies prevalent nowadays. Among the interesting subjects studied are the jargon of the student movement of 1968, speeches of politicians, racist and sexist discourse, and the language of the green movement. Because of the enormous influence of the media nowadays, the explicit analysis of the mechanisms of manipulation, suggestion, and persuasion inherent in language or about language behaviour and strategies of discourse are of social relevance and of interest to all scholars of social sciences, to readers in all educational institutions, to analysts of political discourse, and to critical readers at large.

Author : Robin T. Lakoff
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Education
ISBN : UCSC:32106015217422

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Talking Power by Robin T. Lakoff Pdf

Entertains and informs us about the persuasive strategies of communication, exposing the false dichotomy between style and substance and empowering us to become better language consumers.

Author : D. Johnson
Publisher : Springer
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2013-07-29
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781137316202

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Language Policy by D. Johnson Pdf

A detailed overview of the theories, concepts, research methods, and findings in the field of language policy is provided here in one accessible source. The author proposes new methodological, theoretical, and conceptual directions and offers guidance for doing language policy research.

Author : Francis M. Hult,David Cassels Johnson
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2015-07-07
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781118308394

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Research Methods in Language Policy and Planning by Francis M. Hult,David Cassels Johnson Pdf

This is the first volume exclusively devoted to research methods in language policy and planning (LPP). Each chapter is written by a leading language policy expert and provides a how-to guide to planning studies as well as gathering and analyzing data Covers a broad range of methods, making it easily accessible to and useful for transdisciplinary researchers working with language policy in any capacity Will serve as both a foundational methods text for graduate students and novice researchers, and a useful methodological reference for experienced LPP researchers Includes a series of guidelines for public engagement to assist scholars as they endeavor to incorporate their work into the public policy process

Author : William Eggington,Helen Wren
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1997-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027221636

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Language Policy by William Eggington,Helen Wren Pdf

This work on language policy covers such topics as: language policy agendas; language policy-making in Britain in the 1990s; language policy in the USA; the case of Australia; developments in Canada; and social justice in the work of ESL teachers.

Author : Elana Shohamy
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2006-05-02
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781134333516

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Language Policy by Elana Shohamy Pdf

Policies concerning language use are increasingly tested in an age of frequent migration and cultural synthesis. With conflicting factors and changing political climates influencing the policy-makers, Elana Shohamy considers the effects that these policies have on the real people involved. Using examples from the US and UK, she shows how language policies are promoted and imposed, overtly and covertly, across different countries and in different contexts. Concluding with arguments for a more democratic and open approach to language policy and planning, the final note is one of optimism, suggesting strategies for resistance to language attrition and ways to protect the linguistic rights of groups and individuals.

Author : Sue Wright
Publisher : Springer
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2016-04-08
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781137576477

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Language Policy and Language Planning by Sue Wright Pdf

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.

Author : William R. Beer,James E. Jacob
Publisher : Government Institutes
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0865980586

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Language Policy and National Unity by William R. Beer,James E. Jacob Pdf

The central focus of each chapter is language policy and how it accomplishes-or fails to accomplish-the task of maintaining national unity in the face of linguistic diversity. Included among the nations considered are examples of postcolonial cultures, as well as nations that have sheltered linguistic minorities within their borders throughout their history, countries fragmented into tribal groups, and those divided by a plethora of local dialects.