Uniformity and Diversity in Language Policy

Catrin Norrby is Professor of Scandinavian Languages at Stockholm University, Sweden, and Principal Fellow in the School of Languages and Linguistics at The University of Melbourne. She has published several monographs, edited books, textbooks and articles in the areas of sociolinguistics, discourse analysis and second language acquisition. She is co-author of Language and Human Relations: Styles of Address in Contemporary Language (2009).John Hajek is Professor of Italian and Director of the Research Unit for Multilingualism and Cross-cultural Communication (RUMACCC) in the School of Languages and Linguistics at The University of Melbourne. He is also founding president of the Languages and Cultures Network for Australian Universities (LCNAU).

• PrefaceGeneral IntroductionPart I-Language Policy at the Official LevelIntroduction to Part IChapter 1-Jane Warren and Leigh Oakes: Language Policy and Citizenship in Quebec: French as a Force for Unity in a Diverse Society?Chapter 2-Sally Boyd: Do National Languages Need Support and Protection in Legislation? The Case of Swedish as the ‘Principal Language’ of SwedenChapter 3-Uldis Ozolins: Language Policy and Smaller National Languages: The Baltic States in the New MillenniumChapter 4-Paulin G. Djité: Language Policy in Australia: Does What Goes Up Have to Come Down?Chapter 5-Leigh Oakes: Regional Languages, the European Charter and Republican Values in France TodayPart II-Language Policy in Practice: Indigenous and Migrant Languages in EducationIntroduction to Part IIChapter 6-Tadhg Ó Hifearnáin: Breton Language Maintenance and Regeneration in Regional Education PolicyChapter 7-David Lasagabaster: Language Policy in Spain: The Coexistence of Small and Big LanguagesChapter 8-Catherine E. Travis and Daniel J. Villa: Language Policy and Language Contact in New Mexico: The Case of SpanishChapter 9-Gillian Wigglesworth and David Lasagabaster: Indigenous Languages, Bilingual Education, and English in AustraliaChapter 10-Yvette Slaughter: Bringing Asia to the Home Front. The Australian Experience of Asian Language Education through National PolicyPart III-Language Policy in Real and Virtual WorldsIntroduction to Part IIIChapter 11-Kerry Ryan and Tim Mcnamara: Testing Identity: Language Tests and Australian CitizenshipChapter 12-Diarmait Mac Giolla Chríost: Language as Political Emblem in the New Culture War in Northern IrelandChapter 13-Claudia Maria Riehl and John Hajek: Language Policy and Reality in South TyrolChapter 14-Heinz l. Kretzenbacher: Addressing Policy on the Web: Netiquettes and Emerging Policies of Language Use in German Internet ForumsChapter 15-Catrin Norrby and John Hajek: Language Policy in Practice. What Happens When Swedish IKEA and H&M Take ‘You’ On?Chapter 16-Deborah Cameron: Regulating Language in the Global Service Industry

The book is a valuable addition to the literature on language policy both at the macro and the micro levels. It serves to bring to one’s notice that linguistic rights are increasingly being acknowledged both in the recognition of weaker languages by the state and of using them in schooling and other domains. It also shows an increasing democratization in culture through the promotion of language norms associated with solidarity and non-hierarchical behavior than was the case before.