Motivation in Language Planning and Language PolicyThe aim of this book is to investigate motives for action on language. Seven seem to recur: identity, insecurity, ideology, image, inequality, integration and instrumentality. The author relates those to wider issues of personal and social motivation, discussing the language strategies, plans and policies of a number of individuals, communities and states. |
Contents
Identity | 13 |
Ideology | 40 |
Image | 56 |
Insecurity | 77 |
Inequality | 87 |
Integration and Instrumentality | 108 |
Measuring Motivation in Language Planning and Language | 125 |
The language Behaviour of Individuals and Communities | 146 |
the Language Behaviour of those in Power | 175 |
Conclusion | 194 |
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