Language Problems and Language Planning

Editor-in-Chief
ORCID logoFrançois Grin | Université de Genève, Switzerland | editor-in-chief-lplp at unige.ch
Editor
ORCID logoMichele Gazzola | Ulster University, UK
Book Review Editor
ORCID logoAlice Leal | University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
Editor Emeritus
Humphrey Tonkin | University of Hartford, USA
Editorial Assistant
Guillaume Fürst | Université de Genève, Switzerland | editorial-assistant-lplp at unige.ch

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.

ISSN: 0272-2690 | E-ISSN: 1569-9889
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https://doi.org/10.1075/lplp
Latest articles

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
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    Editorial Board
    Linda Cardinal | Université d'Ottawa
    ORCID logoDavid Cassels Johnson | University of Iowa
    Probal Dasgupta | Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata
    ORCID logoJean-Marc Dewaele | Birkbeck, University of London
    Robert Dunbar | University of Edinburgh
    John Edwards | St Francis Xavier University & Dalhousie University
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    ORCID logoSabine Fiedler | Universität Leipzig
    Kimura Goro Christoph | Sophia University Tokyo
    ORCID logoHartmut Haberland | Roskilde Universitet (emer.)
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    Kathleen Heugh | University of South Australia
    Francis M. Hult | University of Maryland, Baltimore County
    Björn H. Jernudd | Charles University, Prague
    Peter A. Kraus | Universität Augsburg
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    Conchúr Ó Giollagáin | University of the Highlands and Islands
    Robert Phillipson | Copenhagen Business School (emer.)
    ORCID logoTimothy Reagan | University of Maine, Orono
    Thomas Ricento | University of Calgary (emer.)
    Klaus Schubert | Universität Hildesheim
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    Submission

    The journal invites articles in line with the journal's aims & scope, as described on the main webpage and in this Editorial Statement , and the List of Topics

    The editors welcome articles in languages other than English.

    Guidelines and general information

    Manuscript submissions are invited in any language. They are normally reviewed anonymously by two competent scholars. When preparing your article for submission to LPLP, please follow these Instructions to Authors.

    Submissions for consideration should be sent to Prof. François Grin, Editor-in-Chief, via the Editorial Manager portal. For additional information about electronic submission, please consult the Short Guide to EM for Authors.

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    FTI, University of Geneva, 40 Bd du Pont-d’Arve, CH – 1211 Genève 4, Switzerland

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    David J. Peterson. (2015) The art of language invention: From horse-lords to dark elves, the words behind the world-building. New York: Penguin. 292 pp.
    Reviewed by Federico Gobbo (Universiteit van Amsterdam)

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    Birkbeck, University of London, Department of Applied Linguistics & Communication, 26 Russell Square, London WC1B 5DT, UK

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    Subjects

    Translation & Interpreting Studies

    Translation Studies

    Main BIC Subject

    CF: Linguistics

    Main BISAC Subject

    LAN009000: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General