Language Endangerment and Revitalization: Language planning, Variation and the Speech Community

Recent years have seen considerable advances made in our understanding of both the social and linguistic dynamics of language endangerment and revitalization. In this context, we seek to explore new approaches to the notion of language planning in minority speech communities. We invite papers that reflect on issues including the following: is it possible to undertake language planning without also undertaking identity planning in parallel? To what extent does language planning imply standardization, and how are competing standards reconciled in the community? Does language planning in revitalization necessarily imply elimination of linguistic variation? What is the interaction between language planning and shifts in language ideologies? What are the implications of language planning on community and individual identities? Which actors have a stake in language planning? How do processes of language variation and change interact with language planning?

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