A Language Management Approach to Language Problems

Integrating macro and micro dimensions

Editors

Goro Christoph Kimura

Lisa Fairbrother

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In recent years there has been increased interest in examining the treatment of language problems across different levels of society, ranging from individual interactional issues to language policy and planning at the national or supra-national level. Among the various approaches to tackle this issue, Language Management Theory (LMT) provides a framework to address behaviour towards language problems on differet levels explicitly and comprehensively.

Using LMT as a unifying theoretical concept, the chapters in this volume examine the links between micro and macro dimensions in their analyses of a variety of language problems in Asian and European contexts. This body of work illustrates that the LMT framework is able to show the characteristics of different dimensions clearly, especially when combined with a conceptualization of the micro and macro as a continuum of intertwining elements. This volume will appeal both to those interested in language policy and planning as well as those interested in interaction between speakers from different language backgrounds.

[Studies in World Language Problems, 7] 2020. ix, 273 pp.

Publishing status: Available
Published online on 24 April 2020

https://doi.org/10.1075/wlp.7

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements | pp. ix–9

Chapter 1. Introduction: What is a language management approach to language problems and why do we need it?

Lisa Fairbrother and Goro Christoph Kimura | pp. 1–28

Part I. Theoretical perspectives of the management of language problems

Chapter 2. The origin and development of a language management framework

Björn H. Jernudd | pp. 31–48

Chapter 3. Research perspectives from East Asia: Language management in contact situations

Sau Kuen Fan | pp. 49–67

Chapter 4. Researching language management in Central Europe: Cultivation, social change and power

Tamah Sherman | pp. 69–88

Part II. Managing language problems in contact situations

Chapter 5. Intercultural interaction management: The case of Japanese and non-Japanese business professionals in the Japanese workplace

Hiroko Aikawa | pp. 91–106

Chapter 6. Language selection in contact situations: The case of international students in an English-medium science graduate program in Japan

Kanako Takeda and Hiroko Aikawa | pp. 107–131

Chapter 7. Diverging and intersecting management: Cases of the simultaneous management of deviations by multiple parties in contact situations

Lisa Fairbrother | pp. 133–156

Part III. Managing language problems relating to standard varieties

Chapter 8. Processes of language codification: The case of the standardization of German pronunciation

Hideaki Takahashi | pp. 159–176

Chapter 9. Processes of destandardization and demotization in the micro-macro perspective: The case of Germanic languages

Vít Dovalil | pp. 177–196

Chapter 10. Processes of language enquiries: The case of the Prague Language Consulting Service

Martin Prošek | pp. 197–213

Part IV. The researcher as part of the language management process

Chapter 11. Language management in life story interviews: The case of first generation Zainichi Korean women in Japan

Junko Saruhashi | pp. 217–236

Chapter 12. The bridging role of the researcher between different levels of language management: The case of a research project at the German-Polish border

Goro Christoph Kimura | pp. 237–254

Chapter 13. Epilogue: Reconsidering the language management approach in light of the micro-macro continuum

Goro Christoph Kimura and Lisa Fairbrother | pp. 255–267

Contributors | pp. 269–270

Index | pp. 271–273

“Though well-known as a major approach in the field of language policy and planning, Language Management Theory has also considerably contributed to the development of linguistic theory. This volume is a valuable addition to this unique comprehensive research tradition.”

Jiří Nekvapil, Charles University, Prague

“[I]nteresting both to scholars of LPP in general who pay attention to the macro processes of the state level and beyond and to researchers of LMT in particular who are “concerned with language-related issues at any point on the micro-macro spectrum” (p.265).”

Y. Tao and Z.H. Jiang, Southeast University and Xi'an International Studies University, in Language Problems and Language Planning, 45:1 (2021).

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