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Phillipson, Robert – Language Policy, 2017
The expansion of English worldwide tends to be both seen and marketed uncritically, as a universally relevant lingua franca and medium of education. The post-1945 expansion of English was a deliberate policy of the US and UK governments, foreseen in a speech by Churchill. Elsewhere Churchill endorsed university academic freedom and autonomy, which…
Descriptors: Language Usage, Public Policy, English, Social Influences
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Warhol, Larisa – Language Policy, 2012
This research explores the development of landmark federal language policy in the United States: the Native American Languages Act of 1990/1992 (NALA). Overturning more than two centuries of United States American Indian policy, NALA established the federal role in preserving and protecting Native American languages. Indigenous languages in the…
Descriptors: Language Planning, American Indians, Official Languages, Public Policy