Focuses on the exploitation of conversation analysis in business telephone calls and underscores the decidedly situation-dependent nature of ethics in applying linguistics. Notes that because of the interdependence of language and its use with myriad aspects of social context, the consequences of individual language applications cannot be…

The policy of Arabization is examined as an example of language planning used to pursue and maintain power. The Tunisian language situation is analyzed in terms of education, government administration, and media and general use. It is shown that promotion of Arabization is inconsistent but that bilingualism and biculturalism have been promoted.…