Language Planning and Microlinguistics: From Policy to Interaction and Vice Versa

Whilst earlier studies of language planning and of standardisation have tended to study macro processes, this volume is in line with more recent work aimed at bridging the macro and the micro levels by examining how the two interact and influence each other. It covers seven countries and deals with a range of sociolinguistic constellations.

Table of Contents:
1. Language Planning and Microlinguistics: Introduction; Winifred V. Davies and Evelyn Ziegler PART I: EDUCATION 2. Bilingual Kindergarten Programmes: The Interaction of Language Management and Language Attitudes; Astrid Rothe and Katarina Wagner 3. Language Planning and Standardization in a Minority Language Context: A Case Study of Rumantsch Grischun in Switzerland; Raphael Berthele 4. German at Secondary Schools in Luxembourg: The Implementation of Macro-level Language Policies on the Micro Level of the Luxembourgish German-language Classroom; Melanie Wagner 5. The German Standard Variety at Czech Universities in the Light of Decision-making Processes of Language Management; Vít Dovalil PART II: PRACTICE 6. Top–down or Bottom-up? Understanding Diffusion of Supralocal Norms in France; Damien Hall and David Hornsby 7. From Status to Corpus: Codification and Implementation of Spelling Norms in Luxembourgish; Peter Gilles 8. The Danish Plain Language Ideology – From a Macro- and Micro-level Perspective; Anne Kjaergaard PART III: IDEOLOGY AND ATTITUDES 9. Metalinguistic Awareness of Standard vs. Standard Usage: The Case of Determiners in Spoken German; Arnulf Deppermann, Ralf Knöbl and Alexander Koplenig 10. Language Management in the Japanese Workplace; Lisa Fairbrother 11. The Role of Meso- and Micro-level Language Policy in the Revitalization of Occitan in France; Laura Carmel Diver 12. Lessons We Have Learnt from Language Planning and Microlinguistics and Directions for Future Research; Winifred V. Davies and Evelyn Ziegler ?

About the Author :
Raphael Berthele, University of Fribourg, Switzerland Winifred V. Davies, Aberystwyth University, UK Arnulf Deppermann, Institute for German Language, Mannheim, Germany Laura Diver, Independent Scholar Vít Dovalil, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic Lisa Fairbrother, Sophia University, Tokyo Peter Gilles, University of Luxembourg Damien Hall, Newcastle University, UK David Hornsby, University of Kent, UK Anne Kjærgaard, Danish Language Council, Denmark Ralf Knöbl, Institute for German Language, Mannheim, Germany Alexander Koplenig, Institute for German Language, Mannheim, Germany Astrid Rothe, Institute for German Language, Mannheim, Germany Katarina Wagner, University of Cologne, Germany Melanie Wagner, University of Luxembourg Evelyn Ziegler, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany

Review :
"This volume contributes to the language policy and planning (LPP) literature by focusing on the ways in which social actors interpret and appropriate policies in local contexts. ... this is a useful volume for scholars and postgraduate students of LPP." (Jonathan Kasstan, Language Policy, Vol. 16, 2017)