Towards an understanding of the dynamic nature of practiced language policies

Florence Bonacina-Pugh

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-55783-5_3

Towards an understanding of the dynamic nature of practiced language policies

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This chapter is a theoretical reflection on the dynamic nature of ‘practiced language policies’. Whilst practiced language policies are often represented as a list of norms of language choice that speakers orient to in interaction to know when a language(s) is appropriate or not, this can possibly lead to the erroneous understanding that practiced language policies are fixed. Here, I argue that practiced language policies are dynamic. This dynamic nature is characterised by three elements: (1) the multi-dimensions of a domain (Fishman, Cooper and Newman 1971); (2) the potential lack of reciprocity of perspectives in talk; (3) the emergence of new norms. In this chapter, I discuss each of these three characteristics in turn, drawing on examples taken from a variety of contexts.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Language Policy as Practice
Subtitle of host publication	Advancing the Empirical Turn in Language Policy Research
Editors	Florence Bonacina-Pugh
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan
Chapter	3
Pages	27-50
Number of pages	24
Edition	1st
ISBN (Electronic)	9783031557835
ISBN (Print)	9783031557828, 9783031557859
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-55783-5_3
Publication status	Published - 16 Jun 2024

Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)

language policy
practiced language policy
language policy as practice
sociolinguistics domain
multilingualism
language choice
language alternation

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Introducing language policy as practice
Bonacina-Pugh, F., 16 Jun 2024, Language Policy as Practice: Advancing the Empirical Turn in Language Policy Research. Bonacina-Pugh, F. (ed.). 1st ed. Palgrave Macmillan, p. 7-23 17 p.
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Language Policy as Practice: Advancing the Empirical Turn in Language Policy Research
Bonacina-Pugh, F. (Editor), 16 Jun 2024, 1st ed. Palgrave Macmillan. 263 p.
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Language Policy as Practice: Advancing the Empirical Turn in Language Policy Research. ed. / Florence Bonacina-Pugh. 1st. ed. Palgrave Macmillan, 2024. p. 27-50.

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Introducing language policy as practice

Language Policy as Practice: Advancing the Empirical Turn in Language Policy Research

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