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Laitin, David D. – Language Problems and Language Planning, 1987
Examines "linguistic normalization" (of Catalan in the Catalonia region of Spain) from a game-theory perspective, in which strategic interaction determines language shift. The linguistic assimilation of non-Catalan-speaking immigrants is less of a problem than is currently believed, although the conflict of interest among the…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Dialects, Foreign Countries, Game Theory
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Mar-Molinero, Clare; Stevenson, Patrick – Language Problems and Language Planning, 1991
A response to an argument that Canadian language policy prevents the self-defense of minority languages through exclusive territorial control (LaPonce, 1984) addresses the relative neglect of research concerning language and territoriality in the European context and contrasts the contemporary multilingual situations in Spain and Switzerland to…
Descriptors: Ethnicity, Foreign Countries, Language Maintenance, Language Planning