Agency in language planning and policy
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Author(s)
Liddicoat, Anthony J
Taylor-Leech, Kerry
Griffith University Author(s)
Year published
2020
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The role of agency in language planning and policy (LPP) is a recent focus of scholarship. Interest in agency has seen new issues and contexts being given prominence in LPP research. In this introduction, we present an overview of theoretical definitions of agency and the ways it has emerged as a concept in LPP scholarship. We consider how developments in methods and approaches to LPP research have led to a greater focus on social actors and their agency in LPP decision-making. We also consider how agency can be conceptualised within the field of language planning, how it may be exercised and who may exercise agency.The role of agency in language planning and policy (LPP) is a recent focus of scholarship. Interest in agency has seen new issues and contexts being given prominence in LPP research. In this introduction, we present an overview of theoretical definitions of agency and the ways it has emerged as a concept in LPP scholarship. We consider how developments in methods and approaches to LPP research have led to a greater focus on social actors and their agency in LPP decision-making. We also consider how agency can be conceptualised within the field of language planning, how it may be exercised and who may exercise agency.
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Journal Title
Current Issues in Language Planning
Copyright Statement
This is an Author's Accepted Manuscript of an article published in Current Issues in Language Planning, 09 Jul 2020, copyright Taylor & Francis, available online at: https://doi.org/10.1080/14664208.2020.1791533
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This publication has been entered in Griffith Research Online as an advanced online version.
Subject
Linguistics
Social Sciences
Education & Educational Research
Language policy and planning
Language