Magyarization, language planning, and Whorf: The word uhor as a case study in Linguistic Relativism

Multilingua ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 319-337
Author(s):  
Alexander Maxwell
Keyword(s):  
Language Planning ◽  
Linguistic Relativism

Informal language planning for elementary school language development

1992 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
pp. 6-18
Author(s):  
Carol J. Rodriquez
Keyword(s):  
Public Education ◽  
School Districts ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Planning ◽  
Independent Research ◽  
Timely Manner ◽  
Language Programs ◽  
Public Meetings ◽  
Individual School

Language planning is an activity that takes place in formal/national situations, but it also occurs in a variety of unintended ways and on smaller scales (e.g. Russo and Baldauf 1986). This paper documents the informal language planning which has occurred as part of the process of developing and implementing Arizona’s Elementary Foreign Language Mandate. It is a case study which demonstrates the problems and effects of informal language planning in public education systems such as Arizona’s. The study focuses on the initial specifications of the mandate and the efforts of individual school districts to comply in a timely manner. The difficulties encountered by one school district as it considers ways to implement the mandate are examined in detail. The data for this study was gathered from official documents, personal interviews, videotapes, newspaper articles, public meetings and independent research related to language policy in the state of Arizona. The study suggests that a greater awareness of language planning skills at this level could lead to the development of more effective language programs.

Yesterday’s experts

1991 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. 109-134
Author(s):  
Bruce A Sommer
Keyword(s):  
Planning Process ◽  
Language Planning ◽  
Environmental Engineering ◽  
Technological Innovations ◽  
Effective Management ◽  
Language Engineering ◽  
Planning Models ◽  
The Impact

It is claimed that language planning models need to account for the impact of bureaucratic interference on their processes, initiatives in language engineering involve dealing with the same technical unknowns as do developments in industrial and environmental engineering. Taking the Northern Territory’s Aboriginal bilingual programme as a case study, and using the principles enunciated by Squires (1986) that are judged mandatory for the effective management of technological innovations, the effect that bureaucracy can have on the language planning process is examined. The ignornace among political and bureaucratic officials of the nature of language, of linguistics in general, of the character of linguistic results, and of the appropriate form of linguistic enquiry can shape the language consequences of even the best planning.

Simple English in the South Seas Evangelical Mission

2005 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Beverly S. Mühlhäusler ◽  
Peter Mühlhäusler
Keyword(s):  
Language Planning ◽  
General Point ◽  
Standard English ◽  
The South ◽  
Christian Missions ◽  
South West ◽  
Development Of Language ◽  
Basic English

The general point of this paper is to highlight the important role of Christian missions in the development of language planning. We document this with a case study: the attempt of the South Seas Evangelical Mission to devise a simplified English, intermediate between Pidgin English and full Standard English for their mission work in the south west Pacific. The relatively unsophisticated approach to corpus planning by this body is contrasted with Ogden’s more elaborate proposals for Basic English.

Modern Written Chinese in development

1993 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 505-537 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ping Chen
Keyword(s):  
Western Europe ◽  
Language Planning ◽  
Mainland China ◽  
Written Language ◽  
Historical Background ◽  
Speech Community ◽  
The Past ◽  
Lexical Norms

ABSTRACTAs a case study in the formation of a new written language in a speech community moving from diglossia toward a “standard-with-dialects”, this article analyzes the development of M[odern] W[ritten] C[hinese] during the past 80 years. After a brief account of the historical background, the article discusses the sources and avenues of influence on the development of MWC, then examines the emergent grammatical and lexical norms, and investigates the variations displayed by the four main Chinese communities: mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Singapore. The role of language planning is also explored. The similarities and differences between China and Western Europe, in their progress from diglossic to non-diglossic communities, are discussed. (Diglossia, Chinese linguistics, written language, language planning)

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