Language Problems and Language Planning
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Language Problems and Language Planning (LPLP) is a peer-reviewed international and multilingual journal which focuses on language issues and the challenges they raise for contemporary societies at various levels and for various actors, with a particular emphasis on how these issues are addressed and processed through language policies.
LPLP cultivates a strongly interdisciplinary spirit. Scholars from the full range of the social sciences and humanities are invited to submit work that contextualizes and analyzes the ways in which language functions in modern societies, particularly as an object of regulation, management, and contestation. LPLP therefore welcomes work from a wide array of disciplines, such as (but not limited to) sociolinguistics/applied linguistics, sociology of language, political science, economics, normative political theory, psychology, geography, history and law. A clear language policy angle, however, remains indispensable. Various specialities in applied linguistics, in particular sociolinguistics or other approaches to “language in society,” are prominently represented in submissions to the journal. This can extend to literary studies and general linguistics. On the other hand, LPLP does not normally carry, for example, pieces devoted strictly to pedagogy and language learning. While case studies of particular national or regional issues are welcome, preference is given to work offering generalisable insights of relevance across diverse contexts.
LPLP is particularly interested in papers combining a strong theoretical approach with high standards of empirical treatment. Knowledge claims are expected to display high standards of scientific rigour, including close attention to the definition of concepts and assumptions, methodological transparency, and the reliability and verifiability of data. Given the journal’s interdisciplinary scope, all authors are requested to explain their work in a way that is accessible to curious, open-minded scholars from any discipline in the social sciences and humanities.
LPLP maintains a longstanding interest in interlinguistics, encompassing all planned languages and questions arising from their development and use. A specific section of the journal is devoted to historical and contemporary aspects of interlinguistics, including but not limited to Esperanto. The same criteria of rigour and interdisciplinarity apply.
LPLP publishes its articles Online First.
Latest articles
16 January 2025
Les « droits fondamentaux linguistiques » existent-ils ? Une réflexion interdisciplinaire
Laure Clément-Wilz
14 January 2025
Ilaria Fiorentini. 2022. Sociolinguistica delle minoranze in Italia. Un’introduzione
Reviewed by Nicole Marinaro
Durk Gorter & Jasone Cenoz. 2024. A Panorama of Linguistic Landscape Studies
Reviewed by Erin McInerney & Christine Hélot
17 December 2024
Bernard Spolsky. 2021. Rethinking language policy
Reviewed by Kara Seidel
16 December 2024
Minority language rights at a deadlock: Assessing the EU’s approach to regional or minority languages
Vicent Climent-Ferrando
Intelligence artificielle et diversité linguistique : Quelle gestion équitable pour la garantie des droits linguistiques ?
Maria Margherita Mattioda
29 October 2024
Bert van Pinxteren. 2022. Language and Education in Africa: A fresh approach to the debates on language, education, and cultural identity
Reviewed by Doris Löhr
7 October 2024
Wine Tesseur. 2022. Translation as Social Justice: Translation Policies and Practices in Non-Governmental Organizations
Reviewed by Binji Zao & Huiyu Zhang
26 August 2024
Mohandas Gandhi and the uses of Esperanto: Language as a tool for coercive state-making
Bipasha Bhattacharyya
5 July 2024
Legalities of language use in linguistic landscaping: Examining English linguistic imperialism in the Philippines
Nicko Enrique L. Manalastas & Sean Virgil J. Auxtero | LPLP 48:1 (2024) p. 75
28 June 2024
Māori loanwords in New Zealand English: What can a picture-naming task reveal for language planning?
Andreea S. Calude, Eline Zenner, Laura Rosseel & Hēmi Whaanga | LPLP 48:1 (2024) pp. 48–74
27 June 2024
Language-based capabilities to conceptualise linguistic justice
Cecilia Gialdini | LPLP 48:1 (2024) pp. 26–47
29 March 2024
The role of identification criteria in language: The Croatian case
Igor Ivašković | LPLP 48:1 (2024) pp. 1–25
Linda Mingfang Li. 2019. Language management and its impact: The policies and practices of Confucius Institutes
Reviewed by Jeffrey Gil | LPLP 48:1 (2024) pp. 118–122
Marsaili MacLeod & Cassie Smith-Christmas (eds.). 2018. Gaelic in contemporary Scotland: the revitalisation of an endangered language
Reviewed by Michael Hornsby | LPLP 48:1 (2024) pp. 103–106
Nils Ringe. 2022. The Language(s) of Politics: Multilingual Policy-Making in the European Union
Reviewed by Alice Leal | LPLP 48:1 (2024) pp. 107–112
14 March 2024
Besmir Fidahić. 2021. Linguistic Justice at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia
Reviewed by Robert Phillipson | LPLP 48:1 (2024) pp. 113–117
16 January 2024
Tove Skutnabb-Kangas: (1940-2023)
LPLP 47:3 (2023) pp. 231–232
8 January 2024
Standardization and vitality: The role of linguistic purism in preventing extinction
Rhianwen Daniel | LPLP 47:2 (2023) pp. 182–207
Visibility and (re)vitalization: The case of Asturian language in Asturias, Spain
Patricia Gubitosi & Paola Medina González | LPLP 47:2 (2023) pp. 208–229
Jurisdictional decentralisation in favour of minority languages
Fanni Korpics | LPLP 47:2 (2023) pp. 160–181
Is minority language use a right or a privilege? European institutions’ contribution to the decline of linguistic diversity
Csongor István Nagy | LPLP 47:2 (2023) pp. 136–159
Language (re)vitalization: What characterizes a sensible policy?
Bengt-Arne Wickström, Noémi Nagy, Anneliese Rieger-Roschitz & Balázs Vizi | LPLP 47:2 (2023) pp. 113–135
3 October 2023
Forging a “civil discourse”: Basque studies, ideology, and science in the standardisation of the Basque language, 1900–1936
Aitor Anduaga | LPLP 47:3 (2023) pp. 256–278
Elites, centers and “forces collectives”: Language standardization from Meillet to Gramsci – and beyond
Stefano Colistra & Rocco Walter Ronza | LPLP 47:3 (2023) pp. 279–299
Global, glocal or local? The construction of a new identity by peripheral social sciences and humanities journals through translation-mediated
bilingual publishing
Xiangdong Li | LPLP 47:3 (2023) pp. 233–255
3 July 2023
Rosemary Salomone. 2022. The rise of English: Global politics and the power of language
Reviewed by Jane Setter | LPLP 47:3 (2023) pp. 312–315
27 June 2023
Lyn Wright & Christina Higgins (Eds.). 2021. Diversifying Family Language Policy
Reviewed by Angie Baily & Xiao Lan Curdt-Christiansen | LPLP 47:3 (2023) pp. 305–311
Eduardo D. Faingold. 2020. Language Rights and the Law in the European Union
Reviewed by Zhonghua Wu & Le Cheng | LPLP 47:3 (2023) pp. 300–304
23 May 2023
Translation policies in times of a pandemic: An intercity comparison
Kadija Bouyzourn, Rachel Macreadie, Shuxia Zhou, Reine Meylaerts & Anthony Pym | LPLP 47:1 (2023) pp. 72–94
10 May 2023
Věra Barandovská-Frank. 2020. Interlingvistiko. Enkonduko en la sciencon pri planlingvoj
Reviewed by Klaus Schubert | LPLP 47:1 (2023) pp. 95–99
20 April 2023
Teaching Hebrew as second language in Arab schools in Israel: Policy and identity politics
Rama Manor & Adi Binhas | LPLP 47:1 (2023) pp. 49–71
12 January 2023
C. Ó Giollagáin, G. Camshron, P. Moireach, B. Ó Curnáin, I. Caimbeul, B. MacDonald & T. Péterváry. 2020. The Gaelic Crisis in the Vernacular Community: a Comprehensive Sociolinguistic Survey of Scottish Gaelic
Compte rendu par Pierre Foucher | LPLP 46:3 (2022) pp. 354–362
17 November 2022
The legal status of languages / ‘languages’ that emerged from Serbo-Croatian: Destabilizing effects of the provisions on the official language
Ljubica Djordjević | LPLP 46:2 (2022) pp. 146–170
Language conflicts and securitization in multilingual societies
Peter Haslinger | LPLP 46:2 (2022) pp. 131–145
When language rights are not enough: Dialogue for reconciliation in post-conflict settings
Philip McDermott & Mairéad Nic Craith | LPLP 46:2 (2022) pp. 171–191
Language policies as a conflict prevention tool: The approach and experience of the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
Alessandro Rotta & Slava Balan | LPLP 46:2 (2022) pp. 192–224
At the intersection of language, conflict, and security: Theoretical and empirical perspectives
Roberta Medda-Windischer & Andrea Carlà | LPLP 46:2 (2022) pp. 113–130
Iryna Ulasiuk, Laurenţiu Hadîrcă & William Romans (eds.). 2018. Language Policy and Conflict Prevention
Reviewed by Mattia Zeba | LPLP 46:2 (2022) pp. 225–230
21 October 2022
Chaoqun Lian. 2020. Language, Ideology and Sociopolitical Change in the Arabic-speaking World: A study of the discourse of Arabic language
academies
Reviewed by Mariam Aboelezz | LPLP 47:1 (2023) pp. 105–111
17 October 2022
Issues in introducing indigenous languages in higher education in Africa: The example of Nigeria
Taiwo Oloruntoba-Oju & Bert van Pinxteren | LPLP 47:1 (2023) pp. 1–23
10 October 2022
Interpreting as a part of language planning: A promising opportunity for Breton
Robert Neal Baxter | LPLP 47:1 (2023) pp. 24–48
Between two fires: Linguistic justice vs language policy at a South African higher education institution
Natasha Ravyse & Adriana J. M. van Zyl | LPLP 46:3 (2022) pp. 318–348
27 September 2022
Thomas Ricento (Eds). 2021. Refugees in Canada: On the loss of social and cultural capital
Reviewed by Nasim Omidian Sijani | LPLP 47:1 (2023) pp. 100–104
20 September 2022
Wilson McLeod. 2020. Gaelic in Scotland: Policies, Movements and Ideologies
Reviewed by Cassie Smith-Christmas | LPLP 46:3 (2022) pp. 349–353
19 July 2022
Translation policy in health care settings in Ontario: Problems, challenges and language ideologies
Wanhong Wang | LPLP 46:3 (2022) pp. 291–317
14 July 2022
Language policy in Italian universities: Navigating the language ambiguities of higher education internationalisation
Beatrice Zuaro, Josep Soler & Beyza Björkman-Nylén | LPLP 46:3 (2022) pp. 231–255
21 June 2022
Palestinian kindergarten teachers in Israel and Arabic education policy: Language practice, ideology, and management
Abeer Shahbari Kassem & Muhammad Amara | LPLP 46:3 (2022) pp. 256–290
3 June 2022
How learning Toki Pona may help improving communication strategies in a foreign or second language
Paolo Coluzzi | LPLP 46:1 (2022) pp. 78–98
8 April 2022
West African Pidgin as a tool for socio-economic development
Samsondeen Ajagbe, Bridget Fonkeu & Uyi Edegbe | LPLP 46:1 (2022) pp. 1–25
31 March 2022
Sylvie Roy. 2020. French Immersion Ideologies in Canada
Reviewed by Matthew Hayday | LPLP 46:1 (2022) pp. 108–112
28 March 2022
Problematising ASEAN language policy: Is the ASEAN Way the only way?
Huan Yik Lee, M. Obaidul Hamid & Ian Hardy | LPLP 46:1 (2022) pp. 55–77
Alice Leal. 2021. English and Translation in the European Union: Unity and Multiplicity in the Wake of Brexit
Reviewed by Nils Ringe | LPLP 46:1 (2022) pp. 103–107
Thomas Ricento (Ed.). 2019. Language politics and policies. Perspectives from Canada and the United States
Reviewed by Rachelle Vessey | LPLP 46:1 (2022) p. 99
21 March 2022
Language policies and organizational features of international organizations
Huiyu Zhang, Yao Ke & Haitao Liu | LPLP 46:1 (2022) pp. 26–54
28 February 2022
Language gender gap at work across OECD countries: Quantitative and controversial evidence
Teresa Corbella, Amado Alarcón & Joanna Andraszak | LPLP 45:3 (2021) pp. 284–308
Languages for learning: The role of CLIL teachers
Silvia Minardi | LPLP 45:3 (2021) pp. 309–330
Pluricentric linguistic justice in Quebec: An attitudinal study of the politics of norm setting in French
Leigh Oakes & Yael Peled | LPLP 45:3 (2021) pp. 331–356
Translation as inclusion? An analysis of international NGOs’ translation policy documents
Wine Tesseur | LPLP 45:3 (2021) pp. 261–283
Mekonnen Alemu Gebre Yohannes. 2021. Language Policy in Ethiopia: The Interplay Between Policy and Practice in Tigray Regional State. Contributions by Joseph Lo Bianco and Joy Kreeft Peyton
Reviewed by Alessandro Bausi | LPLP 45:3 (2021) pp. 370–374
Yael Peled & Daniel M. Weinstock (eds.). 2020. Language Ethics
Reviewed by Elvira Riera-Gil | LPLP 45:3 (2021) pp. 364–369
Sierk Horn, Philippe Lecomte & Susanne Tietze (Eds.). 2020. Managing Multilingual Workplaces: Methodological, Empirical and Pedagogic Perspectives
Reviewed by Tobias Schroedler | LPLP 45:3 (2021) pp. 357–363
24 November 2021
Linguistic territoriality in Switzerland: Exploring the roots of a constitutional principle
Till Burckhardt | LPLP 45:2 (2021) pp. 187–217
Linguistic territoriality under stress: European perspectives
Till Burckhardt, John Coakley & László Marácz | LPLP 45:2 (2021) pp. 121–141
Geographical retreat and symbolic advance? Language policy in Ireland
John Coakley | LPLP 45:2 (2021) pp. 239–260
The economic effects of the territoriality principle: Evidence from Transylvania, Romania
Zsombor Csata, Roman Hlatky, Amy H. Liu & Ariel Pitre Young | LPLP 45:2 (2021) pp. 164–186
Territorial and non-territorial arrangements in a multi-ethno-linguistic context: The case of the Baltic States
Ádám Németh | LPLP 45:2 (2021) pp. 142–163
Personality and territoriality in theory and in Belgium
Helder De Schutter | LPLP 45:2 (2021) pp. 218–238
15 July 2021
The recent evolution of first languages in Catalonia: Between minoritization and language maintenance
Aveŀlí Flors-Mas, Natxo Sorolla, Miquel Àngel Pradilla & F. Xavier Vila | LPLP 45:1 (2021) pp. 31–55
12 July 2021
Immigrant linguistic integration in the multilingual context of Montreal
Ibrahim Bousmah & Gilles Grenier | LPLP 45:1 (2021) p. 80
Bilingual students’ attitudes toward the Tibetan language: A structural analysis
Yongtao Gan & Sude Sude | LPLP 45:1 (2021) pp. 1–30
Language dominance and shift among Kalhuri Kurdish speakers in the multilingual context of Iran: Linguistic suicide or linguicide?
Hiwa Weisi | LPLP 45:1 (2021) pp. 56–79
5 July 2021
The dilemmas of ‘saving’ a dying language: Walser German between documentation and planning
Silvia Dal Negro | LPLP 44:3 (2020) pp. 273–286
Lingue, dialetti e religione nelle aree occitane e francoprovenzali
Matteo Rivoira | LPLP 44:3 (2020) pp. 320–345
La romaní in Italia tra rappresentazione e legittimazione
Andrea Scala | LPLP 44:3 (2020) pp. 346–370
The Friulian minority: Language and rights up and down like a roller coaster
Marco Stolfo | LPLP 44:3 (2020) pp. 287–319
Anja Giudici, Rocco W. Ronza & Verio Pini (a cura di). 2020. Il plurilinguismo svizzero e la sfida dell’inglese. Riflessioni dal laboratorio elvetico a confronto con l’Europa
Reviewed by Sabine Christopher | LPLP 44:3 (2020) pp. 376–384
Lucilla Pizzoli. 2018. La politica linguistica in Italia. Dall’unificazione nazionale al dibattito sull’internazionalizzazione
Reviewed by Emanuele Miola | LPLP 44:3 (2020) pp. 371–375
Fifty ways to legitimate your language
Gabriele Iannàccaro & Vittorio Dell’Aquila | LPLP 44:3 (2020) pp. 255–272
1 June 2021
Catherine CHUA Siew Kheng. 2018. Un(intended) Language Planning in a Globalising World: Multiple Levels of Players at Work
Reviewed by Kinga Kozminska | LPLP 45:1 (2021) pp. 105–109
Goro C. Kimura & Lisa Fairbrother (eds.). 2020. A language management approach to language problems: Integrating macro and micro dimensions
Reviewed by Y. Tao & Z. H. Jiang | LPLP 45:1 (2021) pp. 116–120
31 March 2021
Melanie Cooke & Rob Peutrell (Eds.). 2019. Brokering Britain, educating citizens: Exploring ESOL and citizenship
Reviewed by Mohammed Ateek | LPLP 45:1 (2021) pp. 110–115
3 December 2020
Language skills and labour market returns: A meta-regression analysis
Svetlana Ridala | LPLP 44:2 (2020) pp. 200–241
Kamran Khan. 2019. Becoming a citizen: Linguistic trials and negotiations in the UK
Reviewed by Tony Capstick | LPLP 44:2 (2020) pp. 246–249
Anthony J. Liddicoat (Ed.). 2018. Language policy and planning in universities: Teaching, research and administration
Reviewed by Kimberley Chopin | LPLP 44:2 (2020) pp. 242–245
23 November 2020
Maartje De Meulder, Joseph J. Murray & Rachel L. McKee (eds.). 2019. The legal recognition of sign languages: Advocacy and outcomes around the world
Reviewed by Hanna Jaeger | LPLP 44:2 (2020) pp. 250–253
24 September 2020
Language rights and groups of immigrant origin: The case of language claims in the Spanish cities in North Africa
Iker Erdocia | LPLP 44:2 (2020) pp. 146–169
Sources of variation in attitudes toward minority, majority and foreign language: A minority L1 perspective
Sabina Halupka-Rešetar & Eleonóra Kovács Rácz | LPLP 44:2 (2020) pp. 170–199
Language choice in peer interactions and the role of peers in minority language maintenance: A case study from Vietnam
Trang Thi Thuy Nguyen & M. Obaidul Hamid | LPLP 44:2 (2020) pp. 123–145
1 July 2020
The orthography of revived Cornish as an attempt at pluricentricity
Merryn Davies-Deacon | LPLP 44:1 (2020) pp. 66–86
Mind the age gap: Communication technologies and intergenerational language transmission among Esperanto speakers in France
Guilherme Fians | LPLP 44:1 (2020) p. 87
Language policy and planning in Nigeria: Moving beyond rhetoric
Eucharia Okwudilichukwu Ugwu | LPLP 44:1 (2020) pp. 1–19
Scientific research and languages in Portuguese Higher Education Institutions
Susana Pinto & Maria Helena Araújo e Sá | LPLP 44:1 (2020) pp. 20–44
Language competition modeling and language policy evaluation
Torsten Templin | LPLP 44:1 (2020) pp. 45–65
Diarmait Mac Giolla Chríost & Matteo Bonotti. 2018. Brexit, language policy and linguistic diversity
Reviewed by Stuart S. Dunmore | LPLP 44:1 (2020) pp. 113–117
Javier Alcalde & José Salguero (eds.). 2017. Antaŭ unu jarcento: La granda milito kaj Esperanto
Reviewed by Esther Schor | LPLP 44:1 (2020) pp. 118–122
Anneli Sarhimaa. 2017. Vaietut ja vaiennetut. Karjalankieliset karjalaiset Suomessa [The ones who are not spoken about and who have been silenced. Karelian-speaking Karelians in
Finland]
Reviewed by Tove Skutnabb-Kangas | LPLP 44:1 (2020) pp. 109–112
3 December 2019
Sotos Ochando’s language movement
Roberto Garvía | LPLP 43:3 (2019) pp. 325–344
The legal rights of Aragonese-speaking schoolchildren: The current state of Aragonese language teaching in Aragon (Spain)
Maria Torres-Oliva, Cristina Petreñas, Ángel Huguet & Cecilio Lapresta | LPLP 43:3 (2019) pp. 262–285
A study of Macao tertiary students’ attitudes to issues in postcolonial Macao’s language policy and
planning
Xi Yan | LPLP 43:3 (2019) pp. 241–261
Stefaan van der Jeught. 2015. EU Language Law
Reviewed by Michele Gazzola | LPLP 43:3 (2019) pp. 351–355
Corinne A. Seals & Sheena Shah (eds.). 2018. Heritage language policies around the world
Reviewed by Anne Pauwels | LPLP 43:3 (2019) pp. 348–350
Nkonko M. Kamwangamalu. 2016. Language Policy and Economics: The Language Question in Africa
Reviewed by Weiguo Zhang | LPLP 43:3 (2019) pp. 345–347
“Rejoinder” to Robert Phillipson, Languages in public policy, and constraints in
academia
Jacques Mélitz | LPLP 43:3 (2019) pp. 312–317
Languages in public policy, and constraints in academia
Robert Phillipson | LPLP 43:3 (2019) pp. 286–311
A response to the rejoinder of Jacques Mélitz
Robert Phillipson | LPLP 43:3 (2019) pp. 318–324
22 July 2019
Evaluating the impact of Bill 101 on the English-speaking communities of Quebec
Richard Y. Bourhis | LPLP 43:2 (2019) pp. 198–229
Quebec’s new language dynamic: French fading fast
Charles Castonguay | LPLP 43:2 (2019) pp. 113–134
Quebec’s language policy and economic globalization
Gilles Grenier | LPLP 43:2 (2019) pp. 179–197
Succès et faiblesses de l’intégration des immigrants par la scolarisation obligatoire en français au
Québec
Michel Paillé | LPLP 43:2 (2019) pp. 135–158
L’utilisation du français dans la sphère publique : Travail, commerce et affichage
Marc Termote | LPLP 43:2 (2019) pp. 159–178
Rachelle Vessey. 2016. Language and Canadian Media: Representations, Ideologies, Policies
Reviewed by Saira Fitzgerald | LPLP 43:2 (2019) pp. 235–239
Leigh Oakes & Yael Peled. 2018. Normative Language Policy: Ethics, Politics, Principles
Reviewed by Tomasz Soroka | LPLP 43:2 (2019) pp. 230–234
Assessing Bill 101 after 40 years: An introduction
François Vaillancourt | LPLP 43:2 (2019) pp. 103–112
22 March 2019
Attitudes toward EMI in East Asia and the Gulf: A systematic review
Keith M. Graham & Zohreh R. Eslami | LPLP 43:1 (2019) p. 8
Los límites jurídicos de las políticas lingüísticas y la desterritorialidad del catalán
Juan Jiménez-Salcedo | LPLP 43:1 (2019) pp. 74–92
Hacia una ortografía para el chabacano zamboangueño: Prácticas escritas y propuestas de estandarización
Eduardo Tobar Delgado & Mauro Fernández | LPLP 43:1 (2019) pp. 32–54
Reviewing reform: Studies of script reform in contemporary Japan
Basil Cahusac de Caux | LPLP 43:1 (2019) pp. 55–73
P. C. Ng & E. F. Boucher-Yip (Eds.). 2017. Teacher agency and policy response in English language teaching
Reviewed by Jennifer J. MacDonald | LPLP 43:1 (2019) pp. 93–96
Yolanda Ruiz de Zarobe (Ed.). 2016. Content and Language Integrated Learning: Language Policy and Pedagogical Practice
Reviewed by Tom Morton | LPLP 43:1 (2019) p. 97
The role of LPLP in a changing landscape
François Grin | LPLP 43:1 (2019) pp. 1–7
28 June 2018
Mediation choice in immigrant groups: A study of Russian speakers in southern Catalonia
Nune Ayvazyan & Anthony Pym | LPLP 42:3 (2018) pp. 344–364
Language choices and practices of migrants in Germany: An interview study
Sabine Fiedler & Agnes Wohlfarth | LPLP 42:3 (2018) pp. 267–287
The complementary nature of linguistic mediation in transnational adoption mobility
Alice Fiorentino | LPLP 42:3 (2018) pp. 328–343
“Do I want to learn a language spoken by two million people?”: Mediation choices by mid-term and long-term migrants
Nike K. Pokorn & Jaka Čibej | LPLP 42:3 (2018) pp. 308–327
“It’s so vital to learn Slovene”: Mediation choices by asylum seekers in Slovenia
Nike K. Pokorn & Jaka Čibej | LPLP 42:3 (2018) pp. 288–307
Introduction: Why mediation strategies are important
Anthony Pym | LPLP 42:3 (2018) pp. 255–266
21 June 2018
Language attitudes in Algeria
Kamal Belmihoub | LPLP 42:2 (2018) pp. 144–172
Language rights in the United States island territory of Guam
Eduardo D. Faingold | LPLP 42:2 (2018) pp. 113–131
No language policy without translation policy: A comparison of Flanders and Wales
Reine Meylaerts & Gabriel González Núñez | LPLP 42:2 (2018) pp. 196–219
Language as a soft power resource: The case of Azerbaijan
Gulshan Pashayeva | LPLP 42:2 (2018) pp. 132–143
Maintaining the status quo: Diglossia and the case of Arabic language policy in Ceuta
Carol Ready | LPLP 42:2 (2018) pp. 173–195
Yuanwen Lu. 2016. A corpus study of collocation in Chinese learner English
Reviewed by Haoda Feng | LPLP 42:2 (2018) pp. 246–249
Mary Jane Curry & Theresa Lillis (Eds.). 2017. Global academic publishing: policies, perspectives and pedagogies
Reviewed by Frank Nuessel | LPLP 42:2 (2018) pp. 250–254
Esperanto – a lingua franca in use: A case study on an educational NGO
Sabine Fiedler & Cyril Brosch | LPLP 42:2 (2018) pp. 220–245
24 April 2018
Minority language education in Nepal: The view from a Himalayan village
Kristine A. Hildebrandt & Jessica S. Krim | LPLP 42:1 (2018) pp. 16–44
The relevance of motility in language shift research
Christopher Houtkamp | LPLP 42:1 (2018) pp. 1–15
Language planning and language policy in Sardinia
Rosangela Lai | LPLP 42:1 (2018) pp. 70–88
Multilingual educational language policies in Switzerland and
Sweden: A meta-analysis
Adrian Lundberg | LPLP 42:1 (2018) pp. 45–69
Esperanto as a tool in classroom foreign language learning in England
Karen Roehr-Brackin & Angela Tellier | LPLP 42:1 (2018) p. 89
19 February 2018
El grado de pluricentrismo de la lengua española
Carla Amorós-Negre & Emilio Prieto de los Mozos | LPLP 41:3 (2017) pp. 245–264
Spelling reformers and artificial language advocates: A shifting relation
Roberto Garvía | LPLP 41:3 (2017) pp. 287–303
“Leave no one behind”: Linguistic and digital barriers to the dissemination and implementation of
the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
Lisa J. McEntee-Atalianis | LPLP 41:3 (2017) pp. 217–244
From planned language to language planning: Esperantists’ activities in China in 1911–1958
Yalan Wang & Haitao Liu | LPLP 41:3 (2017) pp. 265–286
Addendum
LPLP 41:3 (2017) pp. 324–329
Ulrich Lins. 2016. Dangerous language: Esperanto under Hitler and Stalin & Humphrey Tonkin. 2017. Dangerous language: Esperanto and the decline of Stalinism
Reviewed by Ulrich Ammon | LPLP 41:3 (2017) pp. 307–313
Esther H. Schor. 2016. Bridge of words: Esperanto and the dream of a universal language
Reviewed by Federico Gobbo | LPLP 41:3 (2017) pp. 321–323
David J. Peterson. 2015. The art of language invention: From horse-lords to dark elves, the words
behind the world-building
Reviewed by Federico Gobbo | LPLP 41:3 (2017) pp. 304–306
Ulrich Ammon. 2015. Die Stellung der deutschen Sprache in der Welt
Reviewed by Hartmut Haberland | LPLP 41:3 (2017) pp. 314–320
27 October 2017
Buttering their bread on both sides? The recognition of sign languages and the aspirations of deaf communities
Maartje De Meulder & Joseph J. Murray | LPLP 41:2 (2017) pp. 136–158
Language rights in the constitutions, organic acts, and statutes of the territories of the United States and the Freely Associated States
Eduardo D. Faingold | LPLP 41:2 (2017) pp. 103–114
Linguistic capital: Language medium of instruction policy in Hong Kong
Chris Harwood & Conttia Lai | LPLP 41:2 (2017) pp. 159–167
Esperanto linguistics: State of the art
Asya Pereltsvaig | LPLP 41:2 (2017) pp. 168–191
Compulsory African language learning at a South African university: An exploration of macro- and micro dynamics
Stephanie Rudwick | LPLP 41:2 (2017) pp. 115–135
David J. Peterson. 2015. The art of language invention: From horse-lords to dark elves, the words behind the world-building
Reviewed by Federico Gobbo | LPLP 41:2 (2017) pp. 214–216
Claudio Marazzini & Alessio Petralli. 2015. La lingua italiana e le lingue romanze di fronte agli anglicismi
Recensione di Federico Gobbo | LPLP 41:2 (2017) pp. 210–213
Anna Kristina Hultgren, Frans Gregersen & Jacob Thøgersen (Eds.). 2014. English in Nordic universities: Ideologies and practices
Reviewed by Jouko Lindstedt | LPLP 41:2 (2017) pp. 206–209
Pilar Ordóñez-López & Nuria Edo-Marzá (Eds.). 2016. Medical discourse in professional, academic and popular settings
Reviewed by Frank Nuessel | LPLP 41:2 (2017) pp. 196–200
Catherine M. Mazak & Kevin S. Carroll (Eds.). 2016. Translanguaging in higher education: Beyond monolingual ideologies
Reviewed by Frank Nuessel | LPLP 41:2 (2017) pp. 201–205
Dirk Delabastita & Ton Hoenselaars (Eds.). 2015. Multilingualism in the drama of Shakespeare and his contemporaries
Reviewed by Humphrey Tonkin | LPLP 41:2 (2017) pp. 192–195
20 July 2017
English in Pakistani public education: Past, present, and future
Liaquat Ali Channa | LPLP 41:1 (2017) pp. 1–25
Language shift or maintenance: The case of the Sindhi language in Pakistan
Maya Khemlani David, Mumtaz Ali & Gul Muhammad Baloch | LPLP 41:1 (2017) pp. 26–45
Ethnolinguistic dilemma and static maintenance syndrome: A study of language policies and language perceptions in Pakistan
Syed Abdul Manan, Maya Khemlani David & Francisco Perlas Dumanig | LPLP 41:1 (2017) pp. 66–86
Education, language policy and language use in the Philippines
Lorraine Pe Symaco | LPLP 41:1 (2017) p. 87
State contestations in constructions of 1Malaysia: Saying it different to different people
Mary Varghese & Kamila Ghazali | LPLP 41:1 (2017) pp. 46–65
15 September 2016
The Académie Française and monocentricity in a multicultural world
Aviv Amit | LPLP 40:3 (2016) pp. 235–249
Prospects for indigenous language bilingualism in Mexico: A reassessment
Norbert Francis | LPLP 40:3 (2016) pp. 269–286
Slavic constructed languages in the internet age
Anna-Maria Meyer | LPLP 40:3 (2016) pp. 287–315
Linguistic accommodations and electoral participation: A comparative analysis
Shauna Reilly & Jeffrey Mark Zimmerman | LPLP 40:3 (2016) pp. 250–268
Florian Coulmas. 2016. Guardians of language: Twenty voices through history
Reviewed by Probal Dasgupta | LPLP 40:3 (2016) pp. 328–331
Carlo Minnaja & Giorgio Silfer. 2015. Historio de la esperanta literaturo
Reviewed by Probal Dasgupta | LPLP 40:3 (2016) pp. 316–319
Claude Truchot. 2015. Quelles langues parle-t-on dans les entreprises en France ? Langues au travail dans les entreprises internationales
Compte rendu par Georges Lüdi | LPLP 40:3 (2016) pp. 324–327
Lid King & Lorna Carson (Eds.). 2016. The multilingual city: Vitality, conflict and change
Reviewed by Frank Nuessel | LPLP 40:3 (2016) pp. 320–323
4 August 2016
The Latvian referendum on Russian as a second state language, February 2012
Ina Druviete & Uldis Ozolins | LPLP 40:2 (2016) pp. 121–145
Language rights in Catalonia and the constitutional right to secede from Spain
Eduardo D. Faingold | LPLP 40:2 (2016) pp. 146–162
A network model of language policy and planning: The United Nations as a case study
Lisa J. McEntee-Atalianis | LPLP 40:2 (2016) pp. 187–217
Language vitality and language identity — which one is more important? Tibetan-Chinese bilingual education in Maketang versus Huazangsi
Chunlin Yao & Ghil'ad Zuckermann | LPLP 40:2 (2016) pp. 163–186
Juan Carlos Moreno Cabrera. 2015. Errores y horrores del españolismo lingüístico. Cinco vocales para conquistar el mundo
Reseña de Javier Alcalde | LPLP 40:2 (2016) pp. 218–221
Hermann M. Ölberg. 2015. Aufsätze zur Interlinguistik und Esperantologie
Rezensiert von Rudolf-Josef Fischer | LPLP 40:2 (2016) pp. 226–229
Serafín M. Coronel-Molina. Language ideology, policy and planning in Peru
Reviewed by Frank Nuessel | LPLP 40:2 (2016) pp. 222–225
Roberto Garvía. 2015. Esperanto and its Rivals: The Struggle for an International Language
Reviewed by Esther Schor | LPLP 40:2 (2016) pp. 230–233
Erratum
LPLP 40:2 (2016) p. iv
12 May 2016
Is science really English monoglot? Language practices at a university research park in Barcelona
Vanessa Bretxa, Llorenç Comajoan & F. Xavier Vila i Moreno | LPLP 40:1 (2016) pp. 47–68
Lenguas de signos y educación en España: Una aproximación desde la comunidad sorda
María del Carmen Cabeza-Pereiro & Fernando F. Ramallo | LPLP 40:1 (2016) pp. 1–25
Foreign language policies in Asia and Australia in the Asian century
M. Obaidul Hamid & Andy Kirkpatrick | LPLP 40:1 (2016) pp. 26–46
Invented cities, invented languages: Esperanto and urban textuality, 1887–1914
Humphrey Tonkin | LPLP 40:1 (2016) pp. 85–99
Language education policy enactment and individual agency: The cauldron of conflicts in policy positions in implementing the Common European Framework of Reference for languages in Vietnam
Nguyen Van Huy, M. Obaidul Hamid & Peter Renshaw | LPLP 40:1 (2016) pp. 69–84
Nenad Stojanović. 2014. Dialogo sulle quote: Rappresentanza, eguaglianza e discriminazione nelle democrazie multiculturali
Reviewed by Federico Gobbo | LPLP 40:1 (2016) pp. 108–111
Michele Gazzola. 2014. The evaluation of language regimes: Theory and application to multilingual patent organisations
Reviewed by Reynaldo F. Macias | LPLP 40:1 (2016) pp. 103–107
Linda Cardinal & Selma K. Sonntag (Eds.). 2015. State traditions and language regimes
Reviewed by László Marácz | LPLP 40:1 (2016) pp. 112–115
Gregory P. Meyjes. 2015. The greatest instrument for promoting harmony and civilization
Reviewed by Leif Nordenstorm | LPLP 40:1 (2016) pp. 100–102
Humphrey Tonkin & Veronika Poór (Eds.). 2015. The phenomenon of Esperanto. Special Issue of Interdisciplinary Description of Complex Systems (INDECS)
Reviewed by Frank Nuessel | LPLP 40:1 (2016) pp. 116–120
25 February 2016
Forty years after Lau
: The continuing assault on educational human rights in the United States and its implications for linguistic minorities
M. Beatriz Arias & Terrence G. Wiley | LPLP 39:3 (2015) pp. 227–244
Language in the United Nations post-2015 development agenda: Challenges to language policy and planning
Mark Fettes | LPLP 39:3 (2015) pp. 298–311
Parity in the plural: Language and complex equality
Yael Peled | LPLP 39:3 (2015) pp. 282–297
The rise of global English: Challenges for English-medium instruction and language rights
Rosemary Salomone | LPLP 39:3 (2015) pp. 245–268
Zamenhof and the liberal-communitarian debate
Esther Schor | LPLP 39:3 (2015) pp. 269–281
The search for linguistic equality
Humphrey Tonkin | LPLP 39:3 (2015) pp. 221–226
Michael D. Gordin. 2015. Scientific Babel: How science was done before and after global English / The language of science from the fall of Latin to the rise of English
Reviewed by Ulrich Ammon | LPLP 39:3 (2015) pp. 312–318
Thomas Ricento (Ed.). 2015. Language policy & political economy: English in a global context
Reviewed by Christopher Houtkamp | LPLP 39:3 (2015) pp. 319–321
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Translation & Interpreting Studies
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