Current Issues In Language Planning
Polity Editors: Robert B. Kaplan (University of Southern California), Richard B. Baldauf Jr. (University of Queensland) and Nkonko Kamwangamalu (Howard University)Bob and Dick are also editors of the book series Language Policy and Planning
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Volume: 2 Number: 2 Page: 242–250
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Language Revitalisation Planning Within a Power/Solidarity Framework
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William G. Eggington
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Language revitalisation projects occur within a range of ideological contexts that determine, motivate and undermine the goals of any form of language planning. One prevailing ideology is based on notions
of plus and minus social and economic power. Within this ideology, minority languages need to be revitalised in order to preserve or advance social power as well as to resist various forms of oppression
coming from the dominant language and culture. It is argued, however, there is at least one additional ideological perspective that, when applied, sees the language revitalisation project as a means of
bringing minority and dominant cultures into sharing both power and large-group solidarity with each other.
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