The ecology of language planning in Timor-Leste
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Article Title | The ecology of language planning in Timor-Leste |
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Article Category | Article |
Authors | |
Author | Taylor-Leech, Kerry |
Journal Title | Development Bulletin (Canberra) |
Number of Pages | 5 |
Year | 2005 |
Place of Publication | Australian National University, Canberra, ACT |
Web Address (URL) | http://devnet.anu.edu.au/DBonline.php |
Abstract | Language planning can be broadly defined as ‘activity most visibly undertaken by government … intended to promote systematic linguistic change; to modify language behaviour in a community of speakers’. Language policy can be defined as a set of ideas, laws and practices intended to achieve the desired change used to pursue the agendas of those in power. However, in this paper, I present it as a way of sustaining endangered languages and controlling the spread of dominant languages. Using the metaphor of language ecology, language planning can be understood as the active management of the language environment. |
Keywords | Timor-Leste; language policy; language practices; literacy; multilingualism; official languages; national languages |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 440712. Social policy |
470212. Multicultural, intercultural and cross-cultural studies | |
440105. Linguistic anthropology | |
Public Notes | File reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher/author. |
Byline Affiliations | Macquarie University |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/9z910/the-ecology-of-language-planning-in-timor-leste
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