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 This section is devoted to the issues of language use in public contexts as it is regulated by various government agents, and on the rights of individuals and groups to use and maintain their native languages.
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Linguistics -
Language Policy
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Written by VNTK
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Friday, 01 August 2008 15:24 |
Sociolinguistics takes such issues as language rights and language and nationalism into great consideration. Since there are different varieties of the same language within a country, people tend to favor one (usually standard) variety over the others. The role of sociolinguistics is to speak for the rights of speakers of all languages.
Crystal (2003, p. 21) notes that movements for minority language rights have been very important in many countries, including the USA. He claims that "in certain instances the decline of a language has been slowed, and occasionally (as in the case of Welsh) halted." Crystal also notes (p. 128) that some people are concerned with some "internal forces threatening the country's future identity."
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Read more... [Sociolinguistics and Language Policy]
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Linguistics -
Language Policy
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Written by Taura Shams
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Friday, 01 August 2008 09:24 |
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In 1998 referendum, voters in California passed Proposition 227 that eliminated bilingual education in California.
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 03 June 2009 22:52 |
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Read more... [Proposition 227 in California]
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Linguistics 
