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Peer reviewedMcRai, Kenneth D. – Linguistics, 1975
Examines the principle that the rules of language to be applied in a given situation will depend on the territory or on the linguistic status of the person or persons concerned. The principles are considered in broad contexts, formally and practically, and criteria that may influence the choice of one over another is looked at. (SCC)
Descriptors: Language Planning, Language Usage, Multilingualism, National Programs
Rubin, Joan, Ed.; Shuy, Roger, Ed. – 1973
This volume contains nine papers presented at a discussion session on language planning at the 1972 Georgetown University Round Table. Papers by Bjorn H. Jernudd and Joan Rubin emphsize language planning as only one kind of treatment for language problems. Aaron Bar-Adon and T. P. Gorman discuss language treatment activities, indicating that local…
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, Language Planning, Language Standardization, Language Usage
Seckinger, Beverley – 1985
Following its independence from France in 1956, Morocco declared Arabic its official language. Successive policies of Arabization have been devised with the aim of ultimately converting French language domains into Arabic ones. However, there are two kinds of problems with the way the Moroccan language situation has been described and analyzed for…
Descriptors: Arabic, Colonialism, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries
Download full textMackey, William Francis – 1978
A study was conducted in Ireland of the mechanisms of linguistic change and the effects of a politics of linguistic irredentism on the language behavior of the population. The objectives of the study were: (1) to discover the nature and the importance of people's attitudes toward the Irish language and its restoration, and (2) to ascertain the…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Educational Policy, Language Attitudes, Language Maintenance
Massamba, David P. B. – 1985
Although the development of Kiswahili in Tanzania has had a number of stumbling blocks, it is slowly developing into a language of modern technology. Individual institutions have contributed greatly to its spread and promotion. More books are now published in Kiswahili than ever before, and scientific and technical terminology has been developed.…
Descriptors: African Languages, Change Strategies, Diachronic Linguistics, Educational Change
Fishman, Joshua A. – 1972
The extent to which the language planning that has been pursued in many localities and in many periods has been guided by nationalism, that is, by "...the social movements, attitudes, and ideologies which characterize the behavior of nationalities engaged in the struggle to achieve, maintain or enhance their position in the world" (Wirth 1936) is…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Cultural Influences, Developing Nations, Language Planning
Hauptfleisch, T. – 1977
This report is the first in a series of four intended to study language attitudes and language maintenance among whites in the Republic of South Africa. The series is based on data provided by a large-scale survey conducted during 1973-1974. The present report deals with attitudes toward English and Afrikaans as official languages, about…
Descriptors: Afrikaans, Biculturalism, Bilingualism, Community Attitudes
