Language Planning: From Practice to Theory (Multilingual Matters)
Reviewing the field of language policy and planning, this text sets out current practice and ways of thinking about language policy and planning, looking at methodology and the key areas of education, literacy and economics. Case studies of key language planning and policy issues are included.
Publisher: Channel View Publications Ltd
Published: United Kingdom, 1 October 1997
Format: Paperback, 416 pages
Age Range: 15+
Other Information: Illustrated
Dimensions: 15.2 x 2.5 x 22.9 centimeters (0.63 kg)
Writer: Robert B. Kaplan, Richard B. Baldauf Jr
Table of ContentsPart 1 Initial concepts for language planning: a contextual and terminological basis for planning; a framework for planning - who does what to whom?; goals of language planning. Part 2 Key issues in language planning: language planning process; social purpose planning - education and literacy; the economics of language planning. Part 3 Case studies in language planning: language planning and power; bilingualism and language status; specific purpose language planning. Part 4 Towards a theory of language planning: conceptualizing language planning - key elements; conceptualizing language planning - key issues.
About the AuthorRobert B. Kaplan is Emeritus Professor of Applied Linguistics at the University of Southern California. He has published numerous books and articles in refereed journals and written several special reports to government both in the US and elsewhere. He is the founding Editor-in-Chief of the Annual Review of Applied Linguistics and is a member of the editorial board of the 1st and 2nd editions of the Oxford International Encyclopedia of Linguistics (2002). Additionally, he edited the Oxford Handbook of Applied Linguistics. He has served as President of the National Association for Foreign Students Affairs, of TESOL, and of the American Association for Applied Linguistics. Richard B. Baldauf, Jr is Associate Professor of TESOL in the School of Education at the University of Queensland and a member of the Executive of the International Association of Applied Linguistics (AILA). He has published numerous articles in refereed journals and books. He is co-editor of Language Planning and Education in Australasia and the South Pacific (Multilingual Matters, 1990), principal researcher and editor for the Viability of Low Candidature LOTE Courses in Universities (DEET, 1995), co-author with Robert B. Kaplan of Language Planning from Practice to Theory (Multilingual Matters, 1997) and Language and Language-in-Education Planning in the Pacific Basin (Kluwer, 2003), and co-author with Zhao Shouhui of Planning Chinese Characters: Revolution, Evolution or Reaction (Springer, 2007).