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A U.S. Colony at a Linguistic Crossroads: The Decision to Make Spanish the Official Language of Puerto Rico.
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Velez, Jorge A.; Schweers, C. William – Language Problems and Language Planning, 1993
A controversial April 1991 proclamation made Spanish the sole official language of Puerto Rico, replacing a 1902 law declaring English and Spanish as the languages of government. This paper discusses the emotional debate and suggests that the law resulted from a powerful group opposed to U.S. statehood. (27 references) (Author/LB)
Descriptors: Decision Making, English, Language Maintenance, Official Languages
Language Policies and Independence Policies in Quebec.
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O'Donnell, Paul E. – Language Problems and Language Planning, 1997
Overviews 20 years of language planning in Quebec and examines the effect of the province's institutional instability on the economy, language planning, and relations between ethnolinguistic groups. Elucidates the causes of Quebec's efforts to preserve its language and culture and concludes that the province needs its Anglophone population for the…
Descriptors: Culture Conflict, Economic Factors, English, Ethnic Groups
Language Planning as a Discourse on Language and Society: The Linguistic Ideology of a Scholarly Tradition.
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Blommaert, Jan – Language Problems and Language Planning, 1996
Evaluates the past performance of the tradition of language planning, in view of a theoretical, conceptual, and methodological improvement of future language planning studies. Sketches the historical development of these studies, discusses ideological features present in much traditional language planning work, and raises various issues related to…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Developing Nations, Diachronic Linguistics, Ethnography
British Language Policies and Imperialism in India.
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Rahman, Tariq – Language Problems and Language Planning, 1996
Discusses how British language policies in India during the 18th and 19th centuries were characterized by a controversy between Anglicists and Orientalists. A study of the controversy shows a close relationship between language policies and political power. (36 references) (Author/CK)
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Change Agents, Courts, Educational Policy
Alliance and Betrayal in the Dutch Orthography Debate.
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Jacobs, Dirk – Language Problems and Language Planning, 1997
Describes switch from secrecy in the plan to realign the inconsistent system of orthography in the Dutch language by the Dutch and Belgian governments to an emotional public controversy. Explores how this struggle turned out to be less a debate on suitable spelling changes than an issue about how legitimate spelling reforms were to be reached and…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Decision Making, Dutch, Foreign Countries
Term Planning in Oriya: Problems and Prospects.
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Mohanty, Panchanan; Pattanayak, Subrat Kalyan – Language Problems and Language Planning, 1996
Discusses the failed attempt to cultivate Oriya as a modern language and to make it the official language of Orissa, India, in the 19th century. The reasons for this failure are a lack of language consciousness among the Oriyas, the pro-English attitude of the Oriya bureaucrats, and an irresolute corpus planning exercise. (eight references)…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Diachronic Linguistics, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
Language Planning, Ideology, and Constitutional Law: Francophone Minority Education in Canada.
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Martel, Angeline – Language Problems and Language Planning, 1996
Exposes the legal and ideological changes that occurred regarding the Francophone minority educational system before and after 1982 in Canada. The article concludes that providing minorities with strong constitutional guarantees regarding their language's official status allows them to develop their own voice in democracies although these…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Change Agents, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law