FUTURE SCENARIOS IN LANGUAGE POLICY OF RUSSIA: CONCEPTUAL AND METHODOLOGICAL ASPECTS

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-53
Author(s):  
Aysa N. Bitkeeva ◽  
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Monika Wingender ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Language Policy ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Interdisciplinary Approach ◽  
Prognostic Models ◽  
Language Policy And Planning ◽  
The Future ◽  
Development Of Language ◽  
Policy And Planning ◽  
Language Conflict ◽  
Methodological Aspects

The research question of the article addresses the future of multilingualism in the polyethnic Russian Federation. The objective of the article is to systematically explore the foundations for prognostic models and methods in selected fields of language policy. We aim to develop an interdisciplinary approach to sociolinguistic prognosis on the basis of the future scenario method and, thus, to work out prognostic models and methods in language policy considering their effectiveness in regard to the language policy and planning. Sociolinguistic prognostic methods and models have been research desiderata since the development of language policy and planning. The article fills the following gaps: the lack of awareness of theoretical and practical signifi cance of language prognosis as an instrument of language policy and planning, the lack of fundamental research works on the prognostic problem due to its interdisciplinary nature, and the underdevelopment of concepts in the language scenario field. The lack of appropriate methods and models is refl ected in the hot societal debates about the language policy management. The use of prognostic models in language policy helps to develop strategies, increases the productivity of the language policy measures and supports language conflict prevention.

scholarly journals Language policy and planning: a discussion on the complexity of language matters and the role of computational methods

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (8) ◽  
Author(s):  
Marco Civico
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Language Policy ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Computational Methods ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Social Systems ◽  
Interdisciplinary Approach ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Development Of Language ◽  
Policy And Planning

AbstractIn this paper I argue in favour of the adoption of an interdisciplinary approach based on computational methods for the development of language policies. As a consequence of large-scale phenomena such as globalization, economic and political integration and the progress in information and communication technologies, social systems have become increasingly interconnected. Language-related systems are no exception. Besides, language matters are never just language matters. Their causes and consequences are to be found in many seemingly unrelated fields. Therefore, we can no longer overlook the numerous variables involved in the unfolding of linguistic and sociolinguistic phenomena if we wish to develop effective language policy measures. A genuinely interdisciplinary approach is key to address language matters (as well as many other public policy matters). In this regard, the tools of complexity theory, such as computational methods based on computer simulations, have proved useful in other fields of public policy.

Language policy and language planning in mainland Southeast Asia: Myanmar and Lisu

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
David Bradley
Keyword(s):  
Southeast Asia ◽  
Language Policy ◽  
Minority Groups ◽  
Minority Group ◽  
National Language ◽  
Minority Languages ◽  
Language Policy And Planning ◽  
Educational Strategies ◽  
Policy And Planning ◽  
Mainland Southeast Asia

AbstractMost nations in mainland Southeast Asia and elsewhere have one national language as a focus of national identity and unity, supported by a language policy which promotes and develops this language. Indigenous and immigrant minority groups within each nation may be marginalized; their languages may become endangered. Some of the official national language policies and ethnic policies of mainland Southeast Asian nations aim to support both a national language and indigenous minority languages, but usually the real policy is less positive. It is possible to use sociolinguistic and educational strategies to maintain the linguistic heritage and diversity of a nation, develop bilingual skills among minority groups, and integrate minorities successfully into the nations where they live, but this requires commitment and effort from the minorities themselves and from government and other authorities. The main focus of this paper is two case studies: one of language policy and planning in Myanmar, whose language policy and planning has rarely been discussed before. The other is on the Lisu, a minority group in Myanmar and surrounding countries, who have been relatively successful in maintaining their language.

Language Policy and Planning in Independent Namibia

1994 ◽  
Vol 14 ◽  
pp. 240-253 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wilfrid Haacke
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
Language Policy ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Constitutional Rights ◽  
Language Policy And Planning ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Policy Document ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Policy And Planning ◽  
Local Languages

An advantage of Namibia's late attainment of independence is that it can benefit from the experience of other African countries that achieved independence some thirty years earlier. Hence Namibia is unique in that it is the only country in sub-Saharan Africa that at the time of attaining independence already provided for constitutional rights for its local languages. The major policy document of the then liberation movement SWAPO, Toward a language policy for an independent Namibia (United Nations Institute for Namibia 1981), which was published in Lusaka by the institute (UNIN) as proceedings of a seminar held in 1980, essentially set the trend for the policies pursued since independence in 1990.

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