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What Corpus Language Planning Is in Place for Public Television Outlets in the Catalan Communicative Space?
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Joan Costa-Carreras – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2024
This article examines the latest developments in the corpus language planning interventions in the implementation of the codification (Haugen, E. (1983). The implementation of corpus planning: theory and practice. In J. Cobarrubias & J. A. Fishman (Eds.), "Progress in language planning. International perspectives" (pp. 269-289).…
Descriptors: Television, Audiovisual Aids, Language Variation, Language Styles
Ten Reasons Why Corporate Language Policies Can Create More Problems than They Solve
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Sanden, Guro R. – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2020
An increasing number of multilingual organisations such as multinational corporations (MNCs) choose to address linguistic diversity through corporate language policies, for example by adopting a common corporate language. Although a common corporate language may improve efficiency of communication at the front-line level, previous research has…
Descriptors: Corporations, Language Planning, Multilingualism, International Trade
The Second-Class Norwegian: Marginalisation of Nynorsk in Norwegian Business
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Sanden, Guro R. – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2020
This paper examines the use of the two written Norwegian language standards, Nynorsk and Bokmål, by companies in Norway. By adopting a legal perspective on the language policy of Norway as stipulated by the Language Council of Norway (2005) and the Norwegian Ministry of Culture and Church (2008), the paper investigates how 492 of the largest…
Descriptors: Norwegian, Language Variation, Written Language, Standards
Corporate Language: The Blind Spot of Language Policy? Reflections on France's Loi Toubon
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Saulière, Jérôme – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2014
This article looks at France's Loi Toubon, which mandates the use of French in private companies, to illustrate how macro-level language planning reaches a dead end if it fails to consider local contexts and involve micro-level agents. The motivations, limitations and contradictions of France's language policy in relation to companies are…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Corporations, Sociolinguistics, Language Usage
Pre-Interaction Management in Multinational Companies in Central Europe
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Nekvapil, Jiri; Sherman, Tamah – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2009
This article is devoted to the linguistic, communicative and sociocultural situation in branches of multinational companies located in the Czech Republic and Hungary. There are typically several languages used in these branches. In addition to the local languages, there are the languages of the parent companies--most commonly English or German,…
Descriptors: Language Planning, Communication Problems, Interpersonal Communication, Foreign Countries
On Language Management in Multinational Companies in the Czech Republic
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Nekvapil, Jiri; Nekula, Marek – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2006
In this paper, we demonstrate the dialectical relationship between micro and macro language planning: macro planning influences micro planning and yet macro planning results (or should result) from micro planning. The relation between the two planning perspectives is illustrated within the framework of Language Management Theory (Jernudd &…
Descriptors: Language Planning, Participant Observation, Foreign Countries, Corporations