language and status planning

1. LANGUAGE PLANNING AND STATUS
PLANNING
D R . V M S

2. LANGUAGE PLANNING AND POLICY
Language planning: deliberate efforts to
influence the behavior of others with
respect to the acquisition, structure, or
functional allocation of their language
codes
Language policy: official policies resulting
from language planning and imposed in
a deliberate attempt to influence
language behavior by means of official
codes

3. LANGUAGE PLANNING
Language planning was first put forward
by Uriel Weinrich, in 1957,at a seminar
held in Columbia University. In the
literature concerned with "language
planning", the American-Norwegian
sociolinguist Einar Haugen is often
mentioned as the person who gave birth
to the concept.

4. LANGUAGE PLANNING
The development of policies or programs
designed to direct or change language
use, through the establishment of an
official language.
The numerous attempts that have been
made to change a particular variety of a
language or some aspect of how either
of these functions in society. Such
changes are usually described as
instances of language planning. Ronald
(1998, p. 347)

5. DAVID CRYSTAL
Language planning involves the
creation and implementation of an
official policy about how the
languages and linguistic varieties of
a country are to be used. David
Crystal (1996, p. 366)

6. PURPOSE OF LP
Different social groups wish to maintain
their linguistic identities and interests,
and may actively and often violently
campaign for recognition.
Many governments try to solve their
problems of slow linguistic evolution by
engaging in conscious, principled
‘language planning’.

7. TYPES OF LP
Corpus planning: activities such as
coining new terms, reforming
spelling and adopting a new script;
the creation of new forms,
the modification of old ones, or
the selection from alternative forms in a
spoken or written code

8. TYPES OF LP
Status Planning: the recognition by a national
government of the importance or position of
one language in relation to others.
The allocation of languages or language varieties to
given functions
Medium of instruction
Official language
Vehicle of mass communication
Language of international communication
Etc.

9. TYPES OF LP
Acquisition Planning: planning
directed toward increasing the
number of users – speakers,
writers, listeners, readers – of a
language
Literacy education
Second & foreign language education
efforts

10. LANGUAGE PLANNERS
Government departments and
agencies
Academies
Committees
Popular societies
Individuals

11. STATUS PLANNING
Status planning changes the function
of a language or a variety of a
language and the rights of those
who use it. Ronald
Wardhaugh(1998, p. 347).

12. STATUS PLANNING
Status Planning Codification Characteristics or criteria of a
"good" language are established. Standardization A
unified variety of the language is established, if
necessary. Fine Tuning the selected language or
language variety is referred to as "corpus planning"
Elaboration Any of a variety of developments, including
expansion of vocabulary, expansion of stylistic
repertoire, and creation of type fonts. Cultivation The
establishment of arbiters, such as dictionaries or
language academies, maintains and advances the status
of the language. Addition evaluation and feedback
provide a mechanism for determining how well the
language planning efforts are progressing.