Publications

Publication details [#61675]

Melo-Pfeifer, Sílvia. 2016. Public understanding of language planning and linguistic rights: The debate on the current Portuguese orthographic reform. Language in Society 45 (3) : 423–444.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

language planning | language policy | language variation | linguistic human rights | orthography

Language as a subject

Portuguese, Brazilian | Portuguese, European

Place, Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Journal WWW

journals.cambridge.org/

Annotation

European Portuguese speakers' linguistic-rights requests involve participation in modern orthographic reform planning in a democratic society, Portuguese language validity and possession, and safeguard against external (esp. Brazilian) dominance.