Language planning and policy : issues in language planning and literacy / edited by Anthony J. Liddicoat.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Liddicoat, Anthony, 1962-

Series:

Language planning and policy.

Language planning and policy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language planning.

Language policy.

Literacy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (281 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Clevedon ; Buffalo : Multilingual Matters, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

While literacy has always been central to language planning work, there are fewer studies which focus primarily on literacy as a language planning activity. Often planning for literacy is treated as an aspect of status, corpus or language-in-education planning, rather than addressing literate practice itself as a planning objective. This volume investigates the complex issues and social and political pressures relating to literacy in a variety of language planning contexts around the world. The studies presented in this book examine language planning for literacy in official and vernacular languages and address issues relating to literacy in first and additional languages in North America, Asia, Africa, Europe and the Pacific. As a collection, these studies show that language planning for literacy is not simply a matter of planning a written version of a language, but involves more complex questions relating to the nature and practice of literacy and the power relations which exist within societies.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

The Contributors

Introduction: Literacy and Language Planning

Language Planning for Literacy: Issues and Implications

Early Literacy Policy: National and Local Instantiations

Language Planning and Literacy in Kenya: Living with Unresolved Paradoxes

Conceptions of Literacy in Canadian Immigrant Language Training

Singapore’s Literacy Policy and its Conflicting Ideologies

Rethinking Language Planning and Policy from the Ground Up: Refashioning Institutional Realities and Human Lives

Legislating Literacy for Linguistic and Ethnic Minorities in Contemporary China

Vernaculars in Literacy and Basic Education in Cambodia, Laos and Thailand

Literacy in Pidgin and Creole Languages

The Consequences of Vernacular (Il)literacy in the Pacific

Literacy in a Dying Language: The Case of Kuot, New Ireland, Papua New Guinea

Vernacular Literacy in the Touo Language of the Solomon Islands

Is it Aulua or Education Dressed up in Kastom?: A Report on the Ongoing Negotiation of Literacy and Identity in a Ni Vanuatu Community

Bridging the Gap: The Development of Appropriate Educational Strategies for Minority Language Communities in the Philippines

Literacy and Language-in-Education Policy in Bidialectal Settings

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9786610935048

9781280935046

1280935049

9781853599781

1853599786

OCLC:

476087417