Wood, Richard E.(ed.). Language Problems and Language Planning. Volumes 1–2. Berlin and New York: Walter De Gruyter (Now: Austin and London: Univ. Of Texas Press.), 1977–1979Wood, Richard E.(ed.). Language Problems and Language Planning. Volumes 1–2. Berlin and New York: Walter De Gruyter (Now: Austin and London: Univ. Of Texas Press.), 1977–1979. Pp. 192 Each. Individuals, $12.00 per Yr; Institutions, $20.00 per Yr.

1981 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 362-363
Author(s):  
Frank H. Nuessel
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Language Planning ◽  
Language Problems

The Tower of Babble: Mother Tongue and Multilingualism in India

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 188-204
Author(s):  
Шарма Сушіл Кумар
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
New York ◽  
Supreme Court ◽  
Mother Tongue ◽  
Language Planning ◽  
National Development ◽  
National Language ◽  
Official Language ◽  
Social Significance ◽  
Sociology Of Language

Since ancient times India has been a multilingual society and languages in India have thrived though at times many races and religions came into conflict. The states in modern India were reorganised on linguistic basis in 1956 yet in contrast to the European notion of one language one nation, majority of the states have more than one official language. The Linguistic Survey of India (LSI) conducted by Grierson between 1866 and 1927 identified 179 languages and 544 dialects. The first post-independence Indian census after (1951) listed 845 languages including dialects. The 1991 Census identified 216 mother tongues were identified while in 2001 their number was 234. The three-language formula devised to maintain the multilingual character of the nation and paying due attention to the importance of mother tongue is widely accepted in the country in imparting the education at primary and secondary levels. However, higher education system in India impedes multilingualism. 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Language Problems and Language Planning

2013 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 151-177
Author(s):  
Wenwen Li ◽  
Haitao Liu
Keyword(s):  
Language Planning ◽  
Language Problems ◽  
Development Of Language

As one of the most authoritative journals in the field of language planning, Language Problems and Language Planning has a long history. In this paper, we describe the development and changes that the journal has experienced in different periods, the characteristics that have remained constant, and the role that it has played in the development of language planning. To this end, we collected information from the first 100 issues of the journal (1977 to 2010) to build a corpus, and then used software to extract different categories of information. Through analysis of these statistics, we found that the journal is in many respects representative of changes in the field of language planning, following trends in the discipline and clearly and accurately reflecting the evolving priorities of language planning over the years.

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2007 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 177-182
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Cognitive Processes ◽  
Applied Linguistics ◽  
Language Planning ◽  
Mental Lexicon ◽  
Cambridge University ◽  
Oxford University ◽  
Discourse Processes ◽  
Language Problems ◽  
Oxford University Press

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