"Over the last 50 years, language policy has developed into a major discipline, drawing on research and practice in many nations and at many levels. This is the first Handbook to deal with language policy as a whole and is a complete 'state-of-the-field' survey, covering language practices, beliefs about language varieties, and methods and agencies for language management. It provides a historical background which traces the development of classical language planning, describes activities associated with indigenous and endangered languages, and contains chapters on imperialism, colonialism, effects of migration and globalization, and educational policy. It also evaluates language management agencies, analyzes language activism and looks at language cultivation (including reform of writing systems, orthography and modernized terminology). The definitive guide to the subject, it will be welcomed by students, researchers and language professionals in linguistics, education and politics." (Book Cover):

CONTENTS:

List of figures

List of tables

List of contributors

Preface and acknowledgements

Part I Definition and principles

1. What is language policy?/ Bernard Spolsky

2. History of the field: a sketch/ Bjorn Jernudd and Jiri Nekvapil

3. Philosophy of language policy/ Denise Réaume and Meital Pinto

4. Language policy, the nation and nationalism/ Sue Wright

5. Ethnic identity and language policy/ Ofelia Garcia

6. Diversity and language policy for endangered languages/ Julia Sallabank

7. Language is just a tool! On the instrumentalist approach to language/
David Robichaud and Helder De Schutter

Part II Language policy at the macrolevel

8. Language policy at the supranational level/ Fernand de Varennes

9. Language policy, territorialism and regional autonomy/ Colin H. Williams

10. Imperialism and colonialism/ Robert Phillipson

11. Language policy at the municipal level/ Peter Backhaus

12. Language policy and management in service domains: brokering communication for linguistic minorities in the community/ Claudia V. Angelelli

13. US language policy in defence and attack/ Richard D. Brecht and William P. Rivers

14. Language policy and medium of instruction in formal education/ Stephen L. Walter and Carol Benson

15. Language policy in education: additional languages/ Jasone Cenoz and Durk Gorter

Part III Non-governmental domains

16. Language policy in the workplace/ Alexandre Duchêne and Monica Heller

17. Language policy and religion/ Christina Bratt Paulston and Jonathan M. Watt

18. Language policy in the family/ Stephen J. Caldas

19. Language policies and the Deaf community/ Sherman E. Wilcox, Verena Krausneker and David F. Armstrong

Part IV Globalization and modernization

20. Transnationalism, migration and language education policy/ Kendall A. King and Adam C. Rambow

21. Language management agencies/ John Edwards

22. Literacy and writing reform/ Florian Coulmas and Federica Guerini

23. Language activism and language policy/ Mary Carol Combs and Susan D. Penfield

24. English in language policy and management/ Gibson Ferguson

Part V Regional and thematic issues

25. National language revival movements: reflections from India, Israel, Indonesia and Ireland/ Joseph Lo Bianco Joseph Lo Bianco

26. Colonial and post-colonial language policies in Africa: historical and emerging landscapes/ Sinfree Makoni, Busi Makoni, Ashraf Abdelhay and Pedzisai Mashiri Sinfree Makoni, Busi Makoni, Ashraf Abdelhay and Pedzisai Mashiri

27. Indigenous language planning and policy in the Americas/ = Teresa L. McCarty

28. Language policy in the European Union (EU)/ Ulrich Ammon

29. Language policy management in the former Soviet sphere/ Gabrielle Hogan-Brun and Svitlana Melnyk

30. Language policy in Asia and the Pacific/ Richard B. Baldauf Jr. and Hoa Thi Mai Nguyen

Notes

References

General Index

Index of Languages