Using vitality theory as a framework, investigates whether support for English-only policies among Anglo-Americans is related to perceptions about growing Latino group vitality and the presence of Spanish in the linguistic landscape. Conducted a telephone survey in Santa Barbara, California. Found Anglo-Americans' perceptions of growing latino…

Argues that politicians have evoked and reinforced mythic views held by linguistically naive Afrikaaners regarding the origin and elaboration of Afrikaans, focusing on the merits of claims regarding certain linguistic attitudes that reflect an underlying cultural assumption that has remained deeply embedded in public consciousness. (60 references)…

A controversial April 1991 proclamation made Spanish the sole official language of Puerto Rico, replacing a 1902 law declaring English and Spanish as the languages of government. This paper discusses the emotional debate and suggests that the law resulted from a powerful group opposed to U.S. statehood. (27 references) (Author/LB)

Discusses Luxembourgeoise, the official language of Luxembourg, and the roles played by the other dominant languages of Luxembourg, French and German. (VWL)

Describes the language situation in Nepal in social and historical perspective, as well as by looking at language planning and policy implemented by the national government over the last 50 years. Discusses local languages, multilingualism, and lingua franc. (Author/VWL)

Discusses childhood bilingualism, reviewing the one person-one language principle and the criticism against it, discussing shortcomings of the criticism, examining what the principle can do to bilingual families, and noting the sociolinguistic and developmental effects that one person-one language principle can have on the acquisition of the…

Sets the language policy scene in Sweden in the broader perspective of the ongoing restructuring of global and local linguistic hierarchies. Analyzes myths about global English, the equality of the 11 official languages in the European Union, and the extent to which linguistic human rights are guaranteed. Trends in each of these language policy…

This article explores community (primary) school teacher education in the subject, English, at a Papua New Guinea (PNG) teachers' college as manifested in end-of-year English lessons in practicum rounds of pre-service community school teachers. English is the official language overlaid on 700 indigenous languages in this country where…

This paper discusses the political, or ideological, use of official languages (English and French) data in Canada. A more pragmatic use of official languages data would enable policy actors to better address the unequal relations between English and French. Specific suggestions are made in order to move the debate in that direction. (Contains 7…

In a surprise announcement in December 1996 in a speech at the Nigerian Institute for International Affairs, the late Nigerian Head of State, General Sani Abacha said "Nigeria is resolutely launching a programme of national language training that will in a short order, permit our country to become thoroughly bilingual". General Abacha's…

English is the associate official language in India and serves as a unifying force in this multilingual country. The teaching of English in K-12 settings focuses on the skills of reading and writing. Listening and speaking skills are not awarded much time, if any, in most classrooms or test settings; only two Boards of Examinations mandate their…

A case of corpus cultivation language planning is reported: the 1990 Luso-Brazilian Orthographic Accord for the seven Portuguese-speaking countries discussed here, signed by representatives of all seven countries that have Portuguese as their official language. Socio-historical background is provided about Portuguese standardization and spread,…

This study concerns the problems posed by modes of interlinguistic communication, translation, and individual bilingualism, on which depend the quality of relationships between two ethnic communities belonging to a single political entity. It also addresses a frequent question about the need for translation in a bilingual country like Canada. The…

This bibliography of ninety-five entries ranging in publication date from 1847 to 1947 brings together information from areas of history, literature, sociology, anthropology, sociolinguistics, descriptive linguistics, folk-lore and language planning, the central criterion being the relationship of these areas specifically to the bilingual…

The article reviews the linguistic situation in Taiwan, discussing the use of Mandarin Chinese as a means to improve interethnic relations between the various populations inhabiting the island. The situation is looked at from a sociolinguistic point of view and the historical background is reviewed. Available from Humanities Press, Inc., Atlantic…