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Language planning and language policy in Sardinia
In 1999, the Italian Republic acknowledged the status of Sardinian as a minority language. Since then the Autonomous Region of Sardinia has been committed to the development of language policies for Sardinian. A regional law approved in 1997 adopted the aim of promoting the different varieties of the languages spoken in Sardinia. The goals changed substantially when the Region adopted for its language planning activities the ideas of a cultural-political movement known as Movimentu Linguisticu Sardu, and appointed an activist Director of the Bureau of the Sardinian Language. This article presents and discusses the key steps in the last decade of language planning: the proposals, their development and consequences.
Article outline
- The history of the Sardinian language
- Language policy and legislation
- Standardization and language planning
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Corraine (2000)
- LSU and LSC: Similarities and differences
- Further developments
- Sociolinguistic factors in Sardinian language planning
- Future perspectives
- Notes
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References
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