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Valadez, Concepción; Etxeberria, Feli; Intxausti, Nahia – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2015
In the Basque Country, Northern Spain, Basque (Euskera) and Spanish are official languages. In recent decades, Basque language revitalization and the efforts to make this an unmarked language (normalization) have co-existed with the rapid increase in immigration from outside the Basque region, and most recently from outside Spain. Given the…
Descriptors: Language Maintenance, Languages, Foreign Countries, Immigrants
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de Bres, Julia – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2008
The attitudes and behaviours of majority language speakers have an important impact on minority languages, and it has been claimed that the long-term success of minority language initiatives may only be achievable if some degree of favourable opinion, or "tolerability", of these initiatives is secured among majority language speakers.…
Descriptors: Language Planning, Immersion Programs, Foreign Countries, Language Attitudes
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Ager, Dennis – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2005
The aim of this paper is to clarify some notions about image and prestige planning. Starting from the Welsh example of language policy aiming to revitalise a language in danger of further decreasing in number of speakers and in centrality to Welsh life, definitions of four related terms are explored: image, status, prestige and identity. Paired…
Descriptors: Language Planning, Reputation, Language Role, Public Policy