How can language be linked to economics?

2013 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 203-226 ◽  
Author(s):  
Weiguo Zhang ◽  
Gilles Grenier
Keyword(s):  
Game Theory ◽  
Economic Theory ◽  
Language Policy ◽  
World Economy ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Language Policy And Planning ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
The World ◽  
Policy And Planning ◽  
The Relationship

As the use of languages is playing a more and more important role in economic activities with the globalization of the world economy, there is growing interest in the relationship between language and economic theory. The rapidly expanding literature in this field, however, is highly fragmented. It is difficult to tell what this field of study focuses on, what has actually been investigated, and what remains to be studied. The authors attempt to review, assess and categorize the major orientations of the research on the economics of language. Those include a traditional strand of research that has focused on language and economic status, the dynamic development of languages, and language policy and planning, as well as a relatively new strand based on game theory and pragmatics. The authors propose the use of the term “Language and Economics” to define this area of research.

Singapore bilingual education

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 90-114
Author(s):  
Cher Leng Lee ◽  
Chiew Pheng Phua
Keyword(s):  
Bilingual Education ◽  
Language Policy ◽  
Education System ◽  
Chinese Language ◽  
Language Policy And Planning ◽  
Education Systems ◽  
The World ◽  
History Of ◽  
Education Today ◽  
Policy And Planning

Abstract Bilingualism has always been emphasized in Singapore’s education system. Since 1959, Singapore government leaders have repeatedly stressed that bilingualism is the cornerstone of Singapore’s language policy. Scholars researching language policy and planning in Singapore have also assumed that Singapore has always maintained a consistent stand on bilingualism. This paper cites the case of Chinese language (Mandarin) education as evidence to show how “bilingual” education has undergone significant changes in Singapore by tracing the historical changes and examining how bilingual education has evolved since its implementation. The findings show that the once-compulsory bilingual requirements gave way to differentiated ones in the history of Singapore’s bilingual policy. This finding will help researchers have a better understanding of Singapore’s “bilingual education” today and its position compared to other bilingual education systems in the world.

Language Policies and Sign Languages

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronice Müller de Quadros
Keyword(s):  
Language Policy ◽  
Sign Language ◽  
Deaf People ◽  
Language Policy And Planning ◽  
Language Policies ◽  
Sign Languages ◽  
The Third ◽  
Policy And Planning ◽  
Future Work ◽  
The Relationship

This chapter argues for specific actions needed for language planning and language policies involving sign languages and Deaf communities, based on the understanding of what sign languages are, who the signers are, where they sign, and the sign language transmission and maintenance mechanisms of the Deaf community. The first section presents an overview of sign languages and their users, highlighting that sign languages are often used in contexts where most people use spoken languages. The second section addresses the functions, roles, and status of sign languages in relation to spoken languages, as well as the relationship between Deaf communities and hearing society. The medical view of deafness, which has a significant impact on language policies for Deaf people, is critically considered. The third section offers examples of language policies, especially related to the use of sign languages in education, and an agenda for future work on sign language policy and planning.

Language Policy and Planning in South Africa

1994 ◽  
Vol 14 ◽  
pp. 254-273 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vic Webb
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Language Policy ◽  
Geographical Distribution ◽  
Language Policy And Planning ◽  
Academic Involvement ◽  
Number Of Factors ◽  
Policy And Planning ◽  
The Relationship

Academic involvement in language policy and planning in South Africa must be seen within the context of the country's sociolinguistic complexity and the relationship between language and a number of serious problems in the country. South Africa's sociolinguistic complexity (see Appendix) is a function of a number of factors: 1) a multiplicity of languages and cultures; 2) the overlapping demographical and geographical distribution of the country's major languages; and 3) the politicization of these languages and cultures due to both the colonial past and the policy of apartheid, and the differentiated linguistic manifestation of their politicization.

scholarly journals A Reflection on the Concepts and the Perceptions of Language Policy

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 21
Author(s):  
Sweder Souza ◽  
Francisco Javier Calvo del Olmo
Keyword(s):  
Language Policy ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Community Leaders ◽  
Language Policy And Planning ◽  
The World ◽  
Policy And Planning

Decisions around Language Policy and Planning are made around the world, every day, both formally by governments and informally by academics, community leaders, subjects etc. With regard to the underlying concept of what would be Language Policy, this objective essay goes into some points, such as: what are its bases and its assumptions; (1989), Johnson (2013), Ricento (2006), Lagares (2018), among others, seeking to propose a brief theoretical-methodological outline for a better understanding of the area that engenders the country in various instances of social life.

Unfirm ground

2014 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Conchúr Ó Giollagáin
Keyword(s):  
Language Policy ◽  
Policy Reform ◽  
Reform Process ◽  
Language Policy And Planning ◽  
Evolution Of Language ◽  
Independent State ◽  
Language Revival ◽  
Current Reform ◽  
Policy And Planning ◽  
The Relationship

This is the first of a two-part article which examines the implications of the transformations in the relationship between those who exercise political and State power in Ireland and those who adhere to the minority Irish language culture. The evolution of language policy in the Irish State since independence in 1922 is considered from the perspective of linguistic sustainability, as opposed to the well-established trend in language policy discourse in Ireland which primarily focuses on institutional provision. The analysis here delineates the various policy phases which defined the official approach of the Irish State to its national but minority language. This analysis provides the basis for the examination in the second article of the process of contemporary language policy reform in Ireland. From the joint perspective of legacy issues in language policy and planning and the current transformations in relevant State policy, these two papers contend that the Irish State effectively abandoned the language revival in the early 1970s and that the current reform process marks an equally significant policy watershed in that the independent State is now preparing to abandon its policy concerning the small surviving Irish-speaking districts (Gaeltacht).

Globalization, Language Policy, and the Role of English

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Ricento
Keyword(s):  
Language Policy ◽  
Language Policy And Planning ◽  
Economic Sectors ◽  
Socioeconomic Mobility ◽  
Neoliberal Globalization ◽  
Linguistic Imperialism ◽  
Global Workforce ◽  
The World ◽  
Policy And Planning

This chapter explores some of the ways that apparently incompatible claims from the language policy and planning (LPP) literature can be disambiguated and resolved by reference to political economy. In particular, it focuses on competing views regarding the role of English in the world today as either a form of linguistic imperialism or a vehicle for social and economic mobility. In analyzing the nature and effects of neoliberalism, as expressed in its globalized economic and political forms, it shows that the role and utility of English worldwide is a vehicle for mobility for some people, in some economic sectors, mainly the knowledge economy, but is generally not connected to socioeconomic mobility for the vast majority of the global workforce. The discussion of neoliberal globalization and the role of English addresses the following questions: Where does power reside? Who has agency? Who decides which language has value? Who has rights?

An introduction: Language Management Theory in Language Policy and Planning

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 (232) ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiří Nekvapil ◽  
Tamah Sherman
Keyword(s):  
Language Policy ◽  
Management Theory ◽  
Language Policy And Planning ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Language Management ◽  
Research Traditions ◽  
Individual Contributions ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Policy And Planning ◽  
The Relationship

AbstractIn these introductory remarks, the authors deal with the metaphors “top-down”, “bottom-up” and related concepts in the Language Policy and Planning research. Furthermore, they sketch out the position of Language Management Theory in this field of study and characterize “language management” in various research traditions. Afterward, the main features of Language Management Theory are presented with emphasis placed on the relationship between “simple” and “organized” language management. Finally, these features are illustrated on the individual contributions to this special issue.

Language Policy and Planning: Fundamental Issues

1994 ◽  
Vol 14 ◽  
pp. 3-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert B. Kaplan
Keyword(s):  
Soviet Union ◽  
Language Policy ◽  
20Th Century ◽  
Former Soviet Union ◽  
National Language ◽  
Annual Review ◽  
Language Policy And Planning ◽  
Introductory Course ◽  
The World ◽  
Policy And Planning

For much of the 20th century, language policy and planning has been essentially overlooked except as an academic enterprise, being of serious interest largely only to a small coterie of specialists scattered thinly around the world. Still, at present, only a handful of universities in the world offers anything more than a random course in language policy/planning or simply subsumes the entire field in a couple of lectures in the introductory course in sociolinguistics. In the last decade of the 20th century, real-world events have thrust language policy and planning into prominence. The collapse of the former Soviet Union and the powerful resurgence of language loyalties in various Eastern European polities, the rapid economic unification of a multilingual Europe, changing global patterns of immigration, and global economic difficulties have coalesced to create new linguistic conditions and focus attention on long existing linguistic inequities. These conditions have brought into serious question the western notion of an idealized identity between nation and national language. This volume of the Annual Review of Applied Linguistics has attempted to draw together various emerging perspectives on language policy and planning and to examine emerging circumstances in a selected set of illustrative areas:

Kazakhstan’s Economic Growth in the Context of the World Economy

2006 ◽  
pp. 133-146 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Arystanbekov
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Economic Policy ◽  
World Economy ◽  
World Ocean ◽  
Direct Access ◽  
Crude Petroleum ◽  
Nation States ◽  
The World ◽  
The Relationship

Kazakhstan’s economic policy results in 1995-2005 are considered in the article. In particular, the analysis of the relationship between economic growth and some indicators of nation states - population, territory, direct access to the World Ocean, and extraction of crude petroleum - is presented. Basic problems in the sphere of economic policy in Kazakhstan are formulated.

Economic Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic: Who are the Big Sufferers?

2020 ◽  
pp. 320-326
Keyword(s):  
Informal Economy ◽  
World Economy ◽  
Mitigation Measures ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Informal Workers ◽  
Indian Economy ◽  
The World ◽  
Daily Wage ◽  
Liberalisation Policy ◽  
The International Monetary Fund

The COVID-19 pandemic identified in Wuhan, China in December 2019, has spread almost to all the countries of the world. The mitigation measures imposed by most of the nations to prevent the spread of COVID-19 have badly hit the global economic activities. As per the latest estimates, the world economy is predicted to decline by 5.2 percent, and world trade is expected to drop by 13-32 percent in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In this way it has created havoc in the world economy and the Indian economy is no exception. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has estimated the Indian GDP growth at 1.9 percent and showed the worst growth performance of India after the liberalisation policy of 1991. According to the World Bank, the Indian economy will contract by 3.2 percent in 2020-21. Daily wage labourers and other informal workers, particularly migrant labourers of economically poor states were the worst hit during the lockdown period and will continue to be adversely affected even after the lockdown was relaxed. The paper suggested multiple measures to support the Indian economic and financial support to all the families of the informal economy workers to tide over this crisis.

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