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Kaplan, Robert B. – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2015
Language policy is a mechanism determining the uses of language generally; here it examines the role of the English language in the emerging USA. Inspired by Spanish riches deriving from the "New World" during the sixteenth century, the first English people to settle permanently in North America hoped for similar riches. In North…
Descriptors: Monolingualism, Multilingualism, North American English, Language Planning