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Edwards, John – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2001
Addresses the theoretical context for language revival and sees language revival as part of a continuum of restorative activity. Examines difficulties that lie in terminology and perceptions of success. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Cultural Maintenance, Indigenous Populations, Language Maintenance, Language Planning

Muhlhausler, Peter – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2000
Discusses an ecological approach to language planning, which sees human communication embedded in a complex socio-historical, spatial, and interpersonal ecology. Contains a number of new ideas for language planners as well as suggestions for how to transform them into practice. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Communication (Thought Transfer), Language Maintenance, Language Planning

Hogan-Brun, Gabrielle; Ramonien, Meilute – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2002
Discusses the processes of language development, revitalization, and intellectualisation against the background of foreign rule and state formation in Lithuania. (VWL)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Maintenance, Language Planning, Language Usage
Laoire, Muiris O. – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2005
Language planning for the Irish language in the Republic of Ireland has featured prominently in international language policy and planning literature over the years. Researchers in the field may not be up to date, however, with recent developments in the area of Irish language planning and their impact on the language ecology. This monograph…
Descriptors: Language Planning, Official Languages, Foreign Countries, Irish
Mangubhai, Francis; Mugler, France – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2003
After Papua New Guinea (PNG), Fiji is the second largest island nation in the South-west Pacific and the hub of the region. Nearly all Fiji Islanders have either Fijian or Fiji Hindi as their first language, in roughly equal numbers, while the former colonial language, English, with very few native speakers, has retained an important role,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Native Speakers, English (Second Language), Language Role