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de Bres, Julia – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2015
This article makes a case for the existence of a minority language hierarchy in New Zealand. Based on an analysis of language ideologies expressed in recent policy documents and interviews with policymakers and representatives of minority language communities, it presents the arguments forwarded in support of the promotion of different types of…
Descriptors: Language Minorities, Foreign Countries, Language Attitudes, Interviews

Craith, Mairead Nic – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2000
Focuses on the quest of contested speech forms for legitimacy as languages rather than dialects, the distinction being explored solely in a political context. Suggests that although the European Union supports the role of nation states in the legitimization of languages, the regular use of French and English has enhanced the status of these two…
Descriptors: Dialects, English, Foreign Countries, French

Harrison, Godfrey – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1997
Discusses accounts of events and pressures influencing the British government's Welsh Office to set up the "Council for the Welsh Language," and reviews the council's composition, tasks, and achievements. Findings indicate that the council was even-handed in its promotion of activities to support Welsh and satisfied the middle ground of…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Language Attitudes, Language Maintenance, Official Languages

Chrisp, Steven – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1997
Notes that the Maori Language Commission of New Zealand promoted 1995 as a year to celebrate that language. Points out that the Commission endeavored to encourage the Maori people to use their language; to celebrate the historical status of the language; and to generate goodwill toward the language among the general populace. (seven references)…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Diachronic Linguistics, Language Attitudes, Language Maintenance

Young, Russell L. – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1988
Surveys administered to 823 Chinese in Taiwan to measure the extent of language maintenance of mother dialects and shift toward use of Mandarin revealed a substantial shift toward the use of Mandarin. Successive family generations increasingly used Mandarin, and Mandarin was generally recognized as a common language for intergroup communication.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Japanese, Language Attitudes, Language Maintenance

Early, Robert – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1999
Discusses the official system of trilingualism and the dual-language education system in Vanuatu, suggesting that these place enormous strains on Vanuatu's infrastructure. Appropriate multilingual development for the future requires that fundamental issues of constitutional interpretation and definition of language policy be resolved. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: English, Foreign Countries, French, Futures (of Society)

van Langevelde, Ab – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1993
The consequences of migration for the position of the Frisian language in the Netherlands are analyzed. An annual model is presented that can estimate the effect of extraprovincial migration on the number of people speaking Frisian at home. (Contains 31 references.) (Author/LB)
Descriptors: Demography, Dutch, Foreign Countries, Language Usage

Hsiau, A-chin – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1997
Analyzes the official (Kuomintang) language policy in Taiwan, which had exalted Mandarin and suppressed other local languages, and the efforts during the last decade to revive Tai-yu, a major language in the post-war period. The dynamics of the Tai-yu language movement reveal a pressing problem facing Taiwan: how to balance national cohesion with…
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Ethnic Groups, Foreign Countries, Ideology

Lopes, Armando Jorge – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1998
Addresses the language situation in post-independent Mozambique from both a language-planning and language-policy perspective. Presents an up-to-date profile of the country, discusses the issue of linguistic diversity, and examines the language-spread dynamics in education, literacy, and the media. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: African Languages, Foreign Countries, Indigenous Populations, Language of Instruction

Williams, Colin H. – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1994
Looking at structural issues that have influenced the development of Welsh and English in modern Wales, this article examines lessons gleaned from the construction of a comprehensive bilingual social order. Evidence is included from a variety of sources concerned with language and cultural reproduction. (16 references) (Author/CK)
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Change Strategies, Community Involvement, Democratic Values

Russell, Ralph – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1986
Safder Alladina's analysis of the position of South Asian languages in Britain leaves much to be desired, concerning itself largely with Urdu, Hindi to a lesser extent, and hardly at all with Bengali, Gujarati, and Panjabi. The problems and solutions of devising policies appropriate to these languages need to be discussed in greater detail. (CB)
Descriptors: Bengali, Contrastive Linguistics, Foreign Countries, Government Role

Williams, Colin H.; Van der Merwe, Izak – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1996
Assesses the potential of selected aspects of geolinguistic analysis for the understanding of multilingual cities and outlines a research agenda highlighting the need for increased comparative research on urban multilingualism. The article illustrates the agenda with reference to a geographical information systems (GIS) analysis of language in…
Descriptors: African Languages, Afrikaans, Change Strategies, Comparative Analysis

O Riagain, Padraig – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1994
Discusses strategies of social mobility involving education, occupational or residential change, and migration as well as the implications for language behavior of these strategies. The article assesses current theories of language maintenance and shift, drawing on network concepts and referring to change in an Irish-speaking community in…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Census Figures, Change Strategies, Cultural Context

Jones, Gary; And Others – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1993
Although Brunei Darussalam's official language is Malay, the country is linguistically and culturally diverse. Three facets of language and language education are discussed: relationships between Malay and minority languages; the relationship between Malay and English; and the place of bilingual education. (Contains 53 references.) (Author/LB)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Educational Policy, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries

Moller, Aquigssiaq – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1988
Discusses the progress made and problems still surrounding Greenland's Home Rule Act which established the roles of Greenlandic and Danish in the instructional arena, covering attempts to make Greenlandic the native language while also encouraging bilingualism through mastery of Danish. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Danish, Educational Legislation, Foreign Countries
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