Language Description, Language Prescription, and Language Planning  

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Bruthiaux, Paul

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Language Problems and Language Planning vol. 16 no. 3 (1992), page 221-234.

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Perpustakaan PKBB Nomor Panggil: 405/LPL/16 Non-tandon: tidak ada Tandon: 1

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This paper considers the apparent paradox underlying the aims of linguists who attempt to influence, deliberately and systematically, the linguistic behavior of a community, while trying to avoid charges of prescriptivism. The strongly normative nature of traditional grammar is compared to the linguistic relativism that has characterized much recent sociolinguistic work, and a compromise is seen as unavoidable because language planning cannot and should not be value-free. The need for rapid modernization in emerging nations requires that linguistic behavior not be left entirely to natural forces. Descriptivist linguists have a role to play in this process provided they do not associate with morally reprehensible governmental projects. A balance must and can be achieved between promoting viable economic units and preserving linguistic diversity. In collaboration with social scientists and government authorities, linguists are uniquely qualified for carrying out the language planning task successfully.

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