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Japan: Language Policy and Planning in Transition
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Gottlieb, Nanette – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2008
This monograph discusses the language situation in Japan, with an emphasis on language planning and policy. Japan has long considered itself to be a monoethnic and therefore monolingual society, despite the existence of substantial old-comer ethnic minorities, and this--with the instrumental exception of English--has been reflected in its language…
Descriptors: Language Planning, Official Languages, Monolingualism, Foreign Countries