LING 540: LANGUAGE POLICY Office Hours
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This is a course on the theory of language policy as it applies in various polities and jurisdictions wherever multilingualism exists. We will examine various notions of what language policy consists of, how it operates, its historical roots, and ways it can be studied empirically. We will see how language policy is embedded in linguistic culture and what this culture consists of. Students are expected to do a writing project on some aspect of language policy in a jurisdiction of their choice.

LING 540: LANGUAGE POLICY

Office Hours

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Sprachenpolitik
Politique des langues

This is a course on the theory of language policy as it applies in various polities and jurisdictions wherever multilingualism exists. We will examine various notions of what language policy consists of, how it operates, its historical roots, and ways it can be studied empirically. We will see how language policy is embedded in linguistic culture and what this culture consists of. Students are expected to do a writing project on some aspect of language policy in a jurisdiction of their choice.

Syllabus, Readings, Resources, Documents

Please familiarize yourself with the following Materials and Documents. Other documents will be added to this list from time to time, so check back to keep current. Under most circumstances, I will not distribute handouts in class, but via this website.

Syllabus

Weekly Schedule of Topics and Readings

Bibliography

A large bibliography of Recommended Readings and Resources

Deadlines

A list of deadlines (due dates) for Writing Assignments

Textbooks

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Two textbooks have been ordered for this course, and are in stock in the University Bookstore.

Schiffman, Harold.
Linguistic Culture and Language Policy.
Routledge 1996 (hdbk), 1998 (paper).

This book was designed for this course, and contains extensive sections that will be discussed at various times in class. It will serve as the theoretical basis for our approach to `language policy'. You are not required to buy it, but you are required to read large parts of it. A synopsis of it appears here .
The Craft of Research.
Booth, Colomb and Williams. Chicago, 1995.

This is a fairly new and very useful guide to writing research papers, not only how to construct sentences, but how to construct arguments.

Coursepak

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In the past, I used to make available a Coursepak of recommended readings , sometimes abbreviated `XPAK' which was available at Campus Copy. These are readings that I have found helpful to recommend to students over the years, and/or are out of print or difficult to obtain. Last year, the library instituted a new policy so that reading materials could be downloaded from pdf files on-line through Blackboard. I am working on this, but haven't been able to refresh all of the material list I had from last year, but some are there, and others are being scanned. Stay tuned for further developments. (If you are registered for the course, you can log on to Blackboard via https://courseweb.library.upenn.edu Log on using your username and your pennnet-id as password [not the password you use for email!]; if you are not yet registered, you can log on as a `guest' but you can't see everything that's there.)

Description of Required Course Project

Writing Project Deadlines

Helpful Hints for Writing Research Projects

Research Paper Writing Checklist

Class `Handouts'

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I will not usually have handouts prepared to distribute in class; rather, I will have `handouts' available on this website, and announce their availability via email in advance if time permits. Occasionally I will distribute outlines of various topics that will be dealt with in class, but they will usually be available on the website in due course.

Exception: here are a few handouts that you will need to consult early in the course; others will be linked to topics on the syllabus, and I will occasionally alert you to the existence of a new or revised version of one via email.

Other Resources:

Join the Consortium for Language Policy and Planning
Website of the Centre for the Study and Management of Conflict of the Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, Russian Academy of Sciences.
Language Policy and Planning website ERIC/CLL Resource Guides Online.
Japanese Language Policy website.
University of Otago's page on Maori language policy
Website on Basque language policy sponsored by the Hizkuntza Politikarako Sailburuordetza.

Harold F. Schiffman haroldfs@ccat.sas.upenn.edu