The hidden face of public language policy: a case study from the UK
The hidden face of public language policy: a case study from the UK
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公共语言政策的隐藏面:来自英国的案例研究
DOI:
10.1080/14664208.2022.2150497
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发表时间:
2022
影响因子:
2.4
通讯作者:
Humphries E
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作者:
Humphries E
In which domains and for which language types does language legislation occur and how easy is it to identify it? The United Kingdom (UK) affords a good test bed to answer these questions since it is often considered to be lacking in strong public language policy due to, amongst other things, a lack of a coherent language policy across the UK and its devolved administrations and a perceived societal disinterest in languages. Through analysis of a corpus of primary and secondary legislation from the UK and its constituent jurisdictions that contain stipulations about language(s), this article shows that UK language legislation spans multiple domains, including public health and safety, law and crime, transport and the media. Whilst some of the legislation, such as the Welsh Language Acts, explicitly deals with language(s), the vast majority of the UK's legislation which contains provisions concerning language(s) is hidden in legislation which primarily concerns another domain. Although hidden, at times these language stipulations mark important landmarks in the status of languages. All this has consequences for the UK language policy landscape, potentially diminishing the perceived importance of languages in and to government and affecting policymakers' ability to collaborate across government in a coherent way.
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DOI:
10.1080/09571736.2021.1888151
发表时间:
2021
期刊:
The Language Learning Journal
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作者:
Henderson L
通讯作者:
Henderson L
影响因子:
1.9
作者:
A. Creese;Peter Martin
通讯作者:
Peter Martin
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发表时间:
2006
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作者:
Wei Li
通讯作者:
Wei Li
影响因子:
2.3
作者:
Deirdre A. Dunlevy
通讯作者:
Deirdre A. Dunlevy
影响因子:
1.3
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