Illuminating, through ethnographic inquiry, how individual
agents "make" language policy in everyday social practice, this
volume advances the growing field of language planning and policy
using a critical sociocultural approach. From this perspective,
language policy is conceptualized not only as official acts and
documents, but as language-regulating modes of human interaction,
negotiation, and production mediated by relations of power.
Using this conceptual framework, the volume addresses the
impacts of globalization, diaspora, and transmigration on language
practices and policies; language endangerment, revitalization, and
maintenance; medium-of-instruction policies; literacy and
biliteracy; language and ethnic/national identity; and the ethical
tensions in conducting critical ethnographic language policy
research. These issues are contextualized in case studies and
reflective commentaries by leading scholars in the field.
Ethnography and Language Policy extends previous work in the
field, tapping into leading-edge interdisciplinary scholarship, and
charting new directions. Recognizing that language policy is not
merely or even primarily about language per se, but rather about
power relations that structure social-linguistic hierarchies, the
authors seek to expand policy discourses in ways that foster social
justice for all.
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