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Peer reviewedFishman, Joshua A. – Linguistics, 1974
Article also appeared in "International Journal of the Sociology of Language," n1. (DD)
Descriptors: Decision Making, Hebrew, Language Planning, National Norms
Peer reviewedHofman, John E. – Linguistics, 1974
Article also appeared in "International Journal of the Sociology of Language," n1. (DD)
Descriptors: Chemical Industry, Hebrew, Language Planning, Multiple Regression Analysis
Peer reviewedAlloni-Fainberg, Yafa – Linguistics, 1974
Article also appeared in "International Journal of the Sociology of Language," n1; and "Advances in Language Planning," The Hague, Mouton, 1973. (DD)
Descriptors: Auto Mechanics, Dictionaries, Hebrew, Language Planning
Williamson, Kay – Linguistic Reporter, 1972
Descriptors: African Languages, Cultural Differences, Education, Educational Programs
Bennett, Dean B. – J Ind Arts Educ Special Issue, 1970
Discusses how the study of ind00
Descriptors: Developing Nations, English (Second Language), Instructional Materials, Language Planning
Peer reviewedPenelope, Julia – College English, 1982
Excoriates those who resist attempts to remove sexism from English, singling out critic John Simon as particularly offensive. (JL)
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Language Attitudes, Language Patterns, Language Planning
Direct linkCoppin, Mary – Meta, 1981
Comments on the linguistic impact of the Canadian Human Rights Act, which forbids discrimination on the basis qf sex, examining its effects on common English usages of "man." After illustrating the problems posed by government guidelines on job titles, addresses the ideological and socioeconomic implications of the "man" issue.…
Descriptors: Civil Rights Legislation, Innovation, Language Attitudes, Language Planning
Peer reviewedIngram, D. E. – Babel: Journal of the Australian Federation of Modern Language Teacher's Association, 1979
Outlines the language planning situation in Australia, makes a case for the establishment of a national language policy, and discusses the steps that must be undertaken if a successful policy is to be achieved. (AM)
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Educational Policy, Language Attitudes, Language Planning
Peer reviewedYalden, Maxwell – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1979
Encourages language teachers to continue in their efforts in promoting bilingualism in Canada. (AM)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Educational Policy, English
Chaudenson, Robert – Francais dans le Monde, 1979
Discusses the status of Creoles and their role in the education system of Creole-speaking countries, particularly those Creoles based on and competing with French. (AM)
Descriptors: Creoles, Diglossia, Educational Policy, French
Peer reviewedChen, Virginia Wei-chieh – Journal of the Chinese Language Teachers Association, 1977
This paper compares the simplified characters of China, Japan and Singapore, based on China's list of 2295 simplified characters. Charts summarize the comparisons by numbers of characters in each country, and a comparative table lists and illustrates simplified characters in these countries. Taiwanese forms are summarized separately. (CHK)
Descriptors: Chinese, Descriptive Linguistics, Ideography, Language Patterns
Peer reviewedFishman, Joshua A. – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1994
Examines neo-Marxist and poststructural critiques of classical language planning (lp) for relevance to lp on behalf of minority languages. Criticisms suggest lp is conducted by elites governed by self-interest, reproduces rather than overcomes sociocultural and econotechnical inequalities, inhibits multiculturalism, espouses worldwide…
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Elitism, Ethnography, Language Attitudes
Peer reviewedPowell, Richard – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2002
Provides historical context for discussions of language planning in postcolonial societies by focusing on policies that have influenced language in three former British colonies. Suggests British colonialism, along with the emergence of America in the 20th century, is the main reason for the global role played by English today and an indispensable…
Descriptors: Colonialism, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Language Planning
Peer reviewedTseronis, Assimakis – Language Problems & Language Planning, 2002
Discusses publication of two recent dictionaries of Modern Greek. Suggests their respective lexical coverage reveals the continuing survival of the underlying ideologies of the two sponsoring institutions concerning the history of the Greek language and their opposing standpoints in relation to Greek diglossia. The two dictionaries proceed from…
Descriptors: Diachronic Linguistics, Dictionaries, Diglossia, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedO Riain, Sean – Language Problems & Language Planning, 2003
Describes the German interlinguistics society Gesellschaft fur Interlinguistik (GIL), which was founded to bring together interlinguistics and esperantology scholars. Highlights GIL's principal fields of activity and discusses its role in the fields of international linguistic communication, language planning, esperantolgy, and the teaching of…
Descriptors: Esperanto, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Language Planning
