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Language-Spread Policy.
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Ammon, Ulrich – Language Problems and Language Planning, 1997
Language-spread policy (LSP) is policy promulgated by groups seeking to spread their languages to speakers or communicative domains. LSP can be internal or external, overt or disguised, and related in different ways to national policy. Intent may be to increase native-language advantage in international communication, disseminate ideology, create…
Descriptors: Geographic Distribution, Language Planning, Language Research, Language Role
Decentering Language in World-System Inquiry.
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Clayton, Thomas – Language Problems and Language Planning, 1999
Examines the development of and response to world-system theory in language policy studies. Suggests a project for scholars interested in language and international structural relations that involves decentering core languages and assigning them an important, but not deterministic role in the world system. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Global Approach, Language Planning, Language Role
Educational Policy, Mixed Discourse: Response to Minority Learners in Catalonia.
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Castejon, Adriana Boogerman – Language Problems and Language Planning, 1997
Two policy documents supporting education for ethnolinguistic or socioeconomic minorities in Catalonia are examined, identifying underlying assumptions and the views of cultural diversity implicit in them. It is concluded that the policy is formulated vaguely, incorporates contradictory statements, and neglects learners' first languages. Further…
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Educational Policy, Foreign Countries, Language Planning
Toward a Functional Typology of Languages of International Business.
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Holden, Nigel J. – Language Problems and Language Planning, 1989
Identifies criteria for classifying languages according to their function and geographical spread in international business activity. Three language types are identified: (1) languages of marketing contact; (2) market languages; and (3) languages of marketing value. It is suggested that the overwhelming volume of the world's businees is conducted…
Descriptors: Business Communication, Classification, Intercultural Communication, International Trade
A Political Sociology of the World Language System (1): The Dynamics of Language Spread.
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de Swaan, Abram – Language Problems and Language Planning, 1998
Provides a broad sketch of the evolving world language system, introduces an index for the communication potential (Q-value) of languages within this constellation, and identifies languages as collective goods that also display "external network effects," characteristics they share with standards and non-excludable networks.(Author/JL)
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Foreign Countries, Languages, Multilingualism
Le Rapport langue-culture dans les organisations internationales: Pour Une Sociologie des organisations internationales (The Relationship between Language and Culture in International Organizations: Toward a Sociology of International Organizations).
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Jastrab de Saint Robert, de Marie-Josee – Language Problems and Language Planning, 1988
Understanding the work of international organizations requires an understanding of the relationship between language and culture, a relationship evident in the activities of the international organizations. This relationship is partly responsible for the negative image of such organizations. Research in the sociology of international organizations…
Descriptors: International Organizations, Languages, Organizational Climate, Research Needs