Official language/Related Articles: Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
imported>John Stephenson (→Other related topics: ml) |
imported>John Stephenson (→Other related topics: standard language) |
||
| Line 9: | Line 9: | ||
{{r|National language}} | {{r|National language}} | ||
{{r|Minority language}} | {{r|Minority language}} | ||
{{r|Standard language}} | |||
{{r|Multilingualism}} | {{r|Multilingualism}} | ||
Revision as of 22:51, 11 July 2009
- See also changes related to Official language, or pages that link to Official language or to this page or whose text contains "Official language".
Parent topics
- Sociolinguistics [r]: Branch of linguistics concerned with language in social contexts - how people use language, how it varies, how it contributes to users' sense of identity, etc. [e]
- Language planning [r]: In sociolinguistics, the name for any political attempt to change the status of a language in some way or develop new ways of using it, e.g. a government devising laws to promote a language, or scholars producing an official dictionary; the former is status planning (changing the political recognition of a language), the latter corpus planning (changing the way a language is used). [e]
Subtopics
- National language [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Minority language [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Standard language [r]: Versatile variety of a language that is able to perform the highest functions for communication in a society, that serves as a reference and that represents the whole language beyond its dialects. [e]
- Multilingualism [r]: The state of knowing two or more languages, either in individuals or whole speech communities. [e]