Lukol Directory: Society: Issues: Language

Language Problems and Language Planning
International multi-lingual journal that publishes articles primarily on political, sociological, and economic aspects of language and language use. Site includes submission and subscription information, contents and abstracts.
http://www.benjamins.com/jbp/journals/Lplp...

Eurolang
An independent Brussels-based news agency providing daily news coverage of events that matter to Europe's minority language communities.
http://www.eurolang.net/

Eliezer Ben-Yehuda and the Revival of Hebrew
The life and work of the founder of the Hebrew Language Council, the forerunner of today's Hebrew Language Academy, the supreme arbiter and authority on all matters pertaining to the Hebrew language.
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsourc...

Israel: Language Policy
Profile of the role of Hebrew in Israeli government and education.
http://www.biu.ac.il/hu/lprc/lprcprof.htm

Nationalism and Language
An essay by Bozidar Jaksic on linguistic identity and policy in the Balkans.
http://users.volja.net/romag/pub/Nationali...

How the Norwegian Parliament Banned the National Language
Essay about RiksmÄl and the language reform of 1938.
http://www.holst.no/Ingar.Holst.Publishing...

Politics and the English Language
An essay by George Orwell.
http://www.resort.com/~prime8/Orwell/patee...

Forgetting Latgalian
Article concerning the politics of distinguishing between a language and a dialect.
http://www.balticsww.com/latgalian.htm

Sub Topics:
Reformed and Modified English
International Auxiliary Languages
Spelling Reform
Official English
Preservation
Political Correctness


Related Topics:
Society: Politics: Nationalism



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