Language Planning

From Practice to Theory
Erscheinungsjahr 1997
ISBN: 978-1-85359-371-0
Verlag: Multilingual Matters

Buch, Englisch, 416 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 672 g

Reviewing the field of language policy and planning, this text sets out current practice and ways of thinking about language policy and planning, looking at methodology and the key areas of education, literacy and economics. Case studies of key language planning and policy issues are included.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kaplan, Robert B

Baldauf Jr, Richard B

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Bildungssystem Bildungspolitik, Bildungsreform

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword

Part 1 Initial Concepts for Language Planning

1. A Contextual and Terminological Basis for Planning

2. A Framework for Planning: Who Does What to Whom?

3. Language Planning Goals

Part 2 Key Issues in Language Planning

4. Language Planning Process

5. Social Purpose Language Planning: Education and Literacy

6. The Economics of Language Planning

Part 3 Case Studies in Language Planning

7. Language Planning and Power

8. Bilingualism and Language Status

9. Specific Purpose Language Planning

Part 4 Towards a Theory of Language Planning

10. Conceptualising Language Planning: Key Elements

11. Conceptualising Language Planning: Key Issues

Appendix: Language Planning in National Contexts

Über Autor(innen)

Baldauf Jr, Richard B
Richard B. Baldauf, Jr is Associate Professor of TESOL in the School of Education at the University of Queensland and a member of the Executive of the International Association of Applied Linguistics (AILA). He has published numerous articles in refereed journals and books. He is co-editor of Language Planning and Education in Australasia and the South Pacific (Multilingual Matters, 1990), principal researcher and editor for the Viability of Low Candidature LOTE Courses in Universities (DEET, 1995), co-author with Robert B. Kaplan of Language Planning from Practice to Theory (Multilingual Matters, 1997) and Language and Language-in-Education Planning in the Pacific Basin (Kluwer, 2003), and co-author with Zhao Shouhui of Planning Chinese Characters: Revolution, Evolution or Reaction (Springer, 2007).

Kaplan, Robert B
Robert B. Kaplan is Emeritus Professor of Applied Linguistics at the University of Southern California. He has published numerous books and articles in refereed journals and written several special reports to government both in the US and elsewhere. He is the founding Editor-in-Chief of the Annual Review of Applied Linguistics and is a member of the editorial board of the 1st and 2nd editions of the Oxford International Encyclopedia of Linguistics (2002). Additionally, he edited the Oxford Handbook of Applied Linguistics. He has served as President of the National Association for Foreign Students Affairs, of TESOL, and of the American Association for Applied Linguistics.