New perspectives on language policies: the weight of languages

Authors

  • Louis-Jean Calvet Universidade de Provence (Aix-Marseille).

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22409/gragoata.v17i32.33032

Keywords:

Weight of languages, language policy, sociolinguistics, globalisation, linguistic diversity.

Abstract

A language policy needs a precise description of reality. The « baromètre Calvet des langues du monde», which in its 2010 version takes into account the statistical analysis of ten discriminating factors, provides us with a panorama of  the « weight » of languages. As such, it is a most helpful decision tool for in vitro interventions on linguistic situations. Besides, a prospective reflexion about these situations shows us that, in the context of globalisation, a language policy cannot limit itself to the mere frontiers of a state, but that it should also take into account the world language situation. Then only can a language policy for linguistic diversity be devised.

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Original in French

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Author Biography

Louis-Jean Calvet, Universidade de Provence (Aix-Marseille).

Doutor em letras e ciências humanas pela Universidade de Paris V (Paris Sorbonne). Foi professor da Sorbonne (Université René Descartes), onde ensinou sociolinguística até 1999. Atualmente é professor emérito da Universidade de Provence (Aix-Marseille). Especialista em sociolinguística publicou mais de quarenta livros sobre o tema, alguns dos quais traduzidos para o português. Em 2012 recebeu o prêmio Sociolinguist World Wide Award.

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Published

2012-06-30

How to Cite

Calvet, L.-J. (2012). New perspectives on language policies: the weight of languages. Gragoatá, 17(32). https://doi.org/10.22409/gragoata.v17i32.33032

Issue

Vol. 17 No. 32 (2012): Language Policies

Section

Language Articles

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