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  2. Language policy - Wikipedia

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    The French Toubon law provides a good example of explicit language policy. The same may be said for the Charter of the French Language in Quebec. [8] Scholars such as Tollefson argue that language policy can create inequality: "language planning-policy means the institutionalization of language as a basis for distinctions among social groups ...

  3. Sociolinguistics - Wikipedia

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    Sociolinguistics is the descriptive study of the interaction between society, including cultural norms, expectations, and context and language and the ways it is used. It can overlap with the sociology of language, which focuses on the effect of language on society.

  4. Language planning - Wikipedia

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    Along with language ideology and language practices, language planning is part of language policy – a typology drawn from Bernard Spolsky's [3] theory of language policy. According to Spolsky, language management is a more precise term than language planning.

  5. Prestige (sociolinguistics) - Wikipedia

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    In sociolinguistics, prestige is the level of regard normally accorded a specific language or dialect within a speech community, relative to other languages or dialects.. Prestige varieties are language or dialect families which are generally considered by a society to be the most "correct" or otherwise sup

  6. Linguistic rights - Wikipedia

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    In relation to legislation, a causal effect of linguistic rights is language policy. The field of language planning falls under language policy. There are three types of language planning: status planning (uses of language), acquisition planning (users of language), and corpus planning (language itself). [14]

  7. Language attitudes - Wikipedia

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    Language attitudes play an important role in language learning, identity construction, language maintenance, language planning and policy, among other facets of language development. These attitudes are dynamic and multifaceted, shaping our perceptions, interactions, and societal structures .

  8. Critical language awareness - Wikipedia

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    In linguistics, critical language awareness (CLA) refers to an understanding of social, political, and ideological aspects of language, linguistic variation, and discourse. It functions as a pedagogical application of a critical discourse analysis (CDA), which is a research approach that regards language as a social practice. [ 1 ]

  9. Situational code-switching - Wikipedia

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    The speaker in this example switches from Standard Italian to the local language, marking the new situation with a different language. In the medical field situational code-switching occurs when patients do not speak the standard language spoken within a hospital and the staff then need to code switch in order to be able to communicate with them.